If someone willingly exited the techum and was then forcibly returned to his own city (which is walled), what are his movement limits within and beyond the city?
Synopsis
When a person deliberately exits the techum but is then forcibly returned by non-Jews to his own walled city, a special leniency applies: the entire city counts as his four amot. However, he may not go beyond the city walls even one amah, since his techum was forfeited by the willful exit.
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