Related%20passage for Eruvin 120:9

וכדר' אידי דאמר רבי אידי א"ר יהושע בן לוי היה מודד ובא וכלתה מדתו בחצי העיר אין לו אלא חצי העיר כלתה מדתו בסוף העיר נעשית לו העיר כולה כד' אמות ומשלימין לו את השאר

was measuring [the two thousand cubits distance from his acquired Sabbath abode] and advancing towards a town, and his measure<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 423, n. 7.');">¹⁸</span> terminated in the middle of the town he is allowed to proceed no further than half the town, but if his measure terminated at the far end of the town,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the end opposite the one that was near his 'erub.');">¹⁹</span> all the town, as far as he is concerned, is regarded as four cubits and the remainder of the Sabbath limit<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The difference between two thousand cubits and the distance of the 'erub from the side of the town nearest to it.');">²⁰</span>

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