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But the wicked men would not listen to him and they declared, “We shall not let you go until you have finished the work.”
Rabbi Elazar then took out gold coins that were in his pocket and he gave it to the men.
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When they saw the money they said: “Now you may go and you should be thankful that Rabi Elazar ben Charsum has hired kind men such as we who listen to the pleas of people.”
Rabbi Elazar took leave of the town and never set foot in it again because of the wickedness that was done there.
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