Reference for Eruvin 82:23

אלא אימא יצא לדעת והחזירוהו נכרים אין לו אלא ד"א

Have we not, however, learnt this also: 'IF HE WAS BROUGHT BACK by gentiles ['HE IS REGARDED] AS IF HE HAD NEVER GONE OUT'; [from which it follows] that only if he was brought back he [is regarded] as if he had never gone out, but that if gentiles took him out and he returned of his own accord he has only four cubits? - Rather, read: If he went out of his own free will and was brought back by gentiles he has only four cubits [in which to move]. But have we not learnt this also: WHOM. HAVE TAKEN OUT and HE WAS BROUGHT BACK [HE IS REGARDED] AS IF HE HAD NEVER GONE OUT, [from which it is evident] that only he whom gentiles have taken out and also brought back [is regarded] as if he had never gone out, but that a man who went out of his own free will is not [so regarded]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And has consequently no more than four cubits in which to move. What need then was there for R. Nahman's ruling?');">⁴⁵</span>

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