Talmud zu Schemuel I 7:6
וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ הַ֠מִּצְפָּתָה וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־מַ֜יִם וַֽיִּשְׁפְּכ֣וּ ׀ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה וַיָּצ֙וּמוּ֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ שָׁ֔ם חָטָ֖אנוּ לַיהוָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֧ט שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃
Und sie versammelten sich zu Mizpa und zogen Wasser und gossen es vor dem HERRN aus und fasteten an jenem Tag und sprachen dort: 'Wir haben gegen den Herrn gesündigt.' Und Samuel richtete die Kinder Israel in Mizpa.
Jerusalem Talmud Taanit
HALAKHAH: It is written1571S. 7:6.: They assembled at Miṣpah, drew water, and poured it out before the Eternal. Did they pour out water? But it teaches that they poured out their heart like water158Since water libations are authorized only in the central Sanctuary on Tabernacles, this pouring out cannot refer to a sacral act. The explanation given here is found in Targum Jonathan ad loc., Midrash Sam. 13[1], Midrash Psalms add. 119:77; quoted by Rashi ad loc. This has to be the original meaning of the verse, as noted by S. R. Driver (Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel2, Oxford 1913) following A. B. Ehrlich, (Randglossen zur Hebräischen Bibel, vol. 3): “LXX add ארצה, perhaps rightly: the water was poured out not as a libation (for which יִסְּכוּ would have been said), but probably as a symbolic act implying a complete separation from sin: sin was to be cast away as water poured out upon the earth (2S. 14:4).”. (They said there)[Samuel said] we sinned before the Eternal159The (scribe’s text) is the MT; [the corrector’s] is unsupported.. Rebbi Samuel bar Rav Isaac said, Samuel wore the robe of all of Israel160The verse does not mention any prayer of Samuel at this occasion; one has to explain why the Mishnah refers to Samuel and not the entire people. Wearing the robe of all of Israel means arguing for all of Israel.. He said before Him: Master of the worlds, do You not judge a person only if he says before You, “I did not sin”? I shall sit in judgment over you because you said, I did not sin161Jer. 2:35.. But those said before You “we sinned”.
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