Who knows thirteen?
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Answer
13 are the midos of Yishmael.
(Obvious, but it fits the rhythm!)
13 are the "mechilin" in Aramaic to correspond to any 13 "midos" in Hebrew, which we usually translate as "measures." If exegetic techniques are considered "measures", that explains why the exegetic work on Exodus is called the Mechilta.
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