Midrash for Bava Metzia 175:6
הא לוקח חייב מאי לאו בשדה
R. Hanina of Be-Hozae<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [The Modern Khuzistan, province S. W. Persia, Obermeyer, op. cit. pp. 204ff.] ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
And whence do we derive (the same for) what he sells? From "which goes forth from the field." They said: Why were the shops of Bnei Chanan laid waste two years before (the destruction of) Eretz Yisrael? Because they exempted their fruits from the tithe, expounding "Tithe shall you tithe … and you shall eat" — and not what you sell; "the produce of your seed" — and not (that of) the buyer.
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