Midrasch zu Schemot 7:5
וְיָדְע֤וּ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה בִּנְטֹתִ֥י אֶת־יָדִ֖י עַל־מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהוֹצֵאתִ֥י אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִתּוֹכָֽם׃
Und Ägypten soll erfahren, dass ich der Herr bin, wenn ich meine Hand ausstrecke gegen Ägypten und die Kinder Israel wegführe aus ihrer Mitte.
Midrash Tanchuma Buber
(Exod. 25:3–7:) AND THIS IS THE PRIESTLY SHARE THAT YOU SHALL TAKE FROM THEM: <GOLD, SILVER, AND BRONZE; > BLUE, PURPLE, <AND SCARLET YARNS; FINE LINEN, GOAT HAIR, REDDENED> RAM SKINS, DOLPHIN SKINS, AND ACACIA WOOD;> OIL FOR LIGHTING, <SPICE FOR ANOINTING OIL AND FOR AROMATIC INCENSE, ONYX STONES>…. R. Judah bar Simon said: <The Holy One said to Israel:>18This necessary addition to the text comes from the parallel in Tanh., Exod. 7:5. Do not think that you are repaying me thirteen things19Presumably the thirteen types of offerings mentioned in Exod. 25:1–7; but these verses mention more than thirteen. which correspond to thirteen things which I set aside for you in Egypt. These were the following (according to Ezek. 16:10–12, 19): I CLOTHED YOU WITH EMBROIDERY, SHOD YOU WITH DOLPHIN SKIN, WRAPPED YOU IN FINE LINEN, COVERED YOU WITH SILK, ADORNED YOU WITH JEWELS, PUT BRACELETS ON YOUR ARMS, AND A CHAIN AROUND YOUR NECK; I PUT A RING ON YOUR NOSE, EARRINGS ON YOUR EARS, AND A SPLENDID CROWN UPON YOUR HEAD…. AND MY BREAD WHICH I GAVE YOU, < BREAD > OF FINE FLOUR, OIL, AND HONEY, <THIS BREAD> I GAVE YOU TO EAT. Ergo, the thirteen things which you have set aside for me correspond to (but do not repay) the thirteen things which I set aside for you in Egypt. In the age to come I am repaying you these corresponding thirteen things, those which are mentioned (in Is. 4:5–6): FOR THE LORD WILL CREATE OVER THE [WHOLE] SITE OF MOUNT ZION <AND OVER ITS ASSEMBLY A CLOUD AND SMOKE BY DAY AND THE BRIGHTNESS OF A FLAMING FIRE BY NIGHT >…. AND THERE SHALL BE A SUKKAH AS A SHADE FROM THE HEAT BY DAY….
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