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(ו-ז) ויצא ישמעאל לקראתם הולך ובכה עשה א"ע כבוכה ומתאונן על הפקודה הזאת שנתן גדליה להרג ההולכים לבית ה', ויאמר אליהם באו אל גדליהו כדי שיחשבו שהם נהרגים בפקודת גדליה, ובבואם תוך העיר שחטם אל תוך הבור, וכ"ז עשה בפקודת גדליה: And Ishmael went forth... to meet them... weeping all along as he went. He passed himself off as one who is weeping and mourning over this command that Gedaliah gave him to kill those who were going to the house of the LORD. He said unto them: 'Come to Gedaliah,' so that they would think that they were being killed by command of Gedaliah. When they came into the city, "he slew them into the midst of the pit." And all of this he did [as if] by command of Gedaliah.