Commentary for Bava Metzia 122:7

אמר הקב"ה אני הוא שהבחנתי במצרים בין טפה של בכור לטפה שאינה של בכור אני הוא שעתיד ליפרע ממי שתולה מעותיו בנכרי ומלוה אותם לישראל ברבית וממי שטומן משקלותיו במלח וממי שתולה קלא אילן בבגדו ואומר תכלת הוא

Raba said: Why did the Divine Law mention the exodus from Egypt in connection with interest, fringes and weights?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Interest: Take thou no usury from him, nor increase&nbsp;… I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt (Lev. XXV, 36, 38); fringes: Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make fringes in the borders of their garments&nbsp;… I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt (Num. XV, 38, 41); weights: Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God which brought you out of the land of Egypt (Lev. XIX, 36). ');">¹³</span> The Holy One, blessed be He, declared, 'It is I who distinguished in Egypt between the first-born and one who was not a first-born;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though this, particularly where the child is a first-born on the father's and not on the mother's side, is not always known to man but only to God. ');">¹⁴</span>

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