Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Metzia 122:14

ע"כ (איוב כז, יז) יכין רשע וילבש צדיק עד כאן ותו לא אלא אפי' ע"כ יכין רשע וילבש צדיק

And Raba said likewise: Hitherto it is interest in the Biblical sense, but from here onward in the Rabbinical sense. So far,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., usury as defined in the first clause. ');">²⁷</span> <i>He</i> [sc. the wicked] <i>shall prepare it, and the just shall put it on</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Job XXVII, 17: i.e., if a man received interest, his heirs ('the just') are under no obligation to return it, but may put it to their own use. ');">²⁸</span>

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