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for his intention in these words, "For I know" is impossible to tell at all, and it is very, very high, high beyond high, impossible for the mouth to tell; only "I know" specifically, as mentioned,

From amidst the Children of Israel, to be priests for me: This is, at first glance, all extra. And it should have said, "Aharon your brother and his sons, Nadav, etc." However from the angle that we wrote adjacently, it is because Moshe had to bring him close, since Aharon was embarrassed and afraid to approach, to take greatness and majesty with this. But lest one say the opposite, that he had to bring Aharon close because of the great amount of work with the service that was given to him, and Aharon did not want to approach until Moshe brought him close with his hands - for at first glance, what is the greatness that is given to him with this, is he not giving him slavery - that is why Scripture says it is not like this. For this coming close is 'from amidst (mitokh) the Children of Israel.' And at first glance, it would have been enough to say, "from the Children of Israel." However it is an indication about the interior (tokh) of the Children of Israel, which is their internality, their goodly lifeforce and the light that streams within them. For is not God among them? And the Sages, may their memory be blessed, said (see Alshikh) about the verse (Exodus 25:8), "And let them make Me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them" - "it does not say, 'in it,' but rather, 'among them." This is saying that the Divine Presence dwells among each and every one. So it comes out that the interior of the Children of Israel is filled with amazing lights which come to them from the King of the worlds, blessed be He and blessed be His name, due to their great holiness. And with all of their importance, I did not choose one of them to stand before Me to serve Me besides he that I chose from the interior of the Children of Israel. For is there not 'a high one who watches over him that is high; and there are yet higher ones over them?' So the dwelling of His Divine Presence, may He be blessed, flows much more in him than in them, for there is no measure (limit) to the dwelling of His Divine Presence, may He be blessed. So you will find that the Sages, may their memory be blessed, said (Sanhedrin 39a) "The Divine Presence dwells with every group of ten." But they [also] said (Berakhot 6a), "The Divine Presence is even with one person who sits and involves himself with Torah." And in the Temple, there was [also] the dwelling of the Divine Presence. But certainly the one is not like the other. For the dwelling of His Divine Presence, may He be blessed, in the House of of our God is certainly not similar to His dwelling among ten Jews and to one! And it is similar (see the words of the Sages, may their memory be blessed, there in Sanhedrin) to that which a heretic asked Rabban Gamliel, "You said that the Divine Presence is with every group of ten, etc. How many Divine Presences do you have, etc." And he compared it for him to the light of the sun which gives light through a hole, a window, a doorway and a patio; and similarly the shine that comes through the hole is dissimilar to the shine that comes through the window and the doorway and that which is similar (see there). Hence behold from the interior of the Children of Israel, I have elevated a small selection; with My holy oil - which indicates kingship - have I anointed him. And it is all "to serve me as a priest." And kohen (priest) is an expression of elevation, as in, "the kohen of Midian" (Exodus 18:1). And this is [the meaning of] a kohen for Me - for Me Myself, to enter before Me and inside, to perform the special service for which no one else is allowed to enter there. And from all of these things, any understanding ear will understand this authority and greatness that has no comparison. All the more so Aharon, the holy one of the Lord - he certainly understood this and more! So he certainly would have run to this thing with all the efforts of his strength, with the literal giving up of his life, were it not for his great humility that he had and his great understanding of this greatness. Such that he was embarrassed to approach until Moshe actively brought him close. And Scripture says, "Open your eyes and see his importance that I have commanded more and more!"

The root of faith,which leads to the fear of God, is for man to wholeheartedly believe that God brought forth the entire creation ex nihilo, out of absolute non-existence.²²⁵The proper expression of faith leads one to believe in the absolutely autonomous power of God to create the world. One who lacks this faith will see only inflexible, natural laws of an eternal universe. As the author explained above, this approach will ultimately lead to idolatry, which is a fear born of deficiency; that is, the fear of losing one’s own absolute truths. He carved the laws of the universe, established all its systems, and arranged all of its orders. He meted out knowledge and wisdom to every aspect of His creation, with everything received its proper amount. He gave every creature the amount of wisdom perfectly suited to its attributes, and gave mankind the ability to know and comprehend, each person according to his own measure. All was emenated, created, formed, and made²²⁶These four terms parallel the basic concept of the Kaballah of the four worlds, atzilut, beriyah, yetsirah, and asiyah. See Yeshayahu, 43:6. out of nothing. Everything was established only in order to create the appearance of separate entities in the world, with each being acting on its own accord, based upon the consciousness that God has granted us. Still, we need to know and believe that our own human knowledge does not come close to the root of God’s knowledge. We may only contemplate that which we are permitted to know. Even the prophet’s knowledge is limited by the way God created him and the power of comprehension granted unto him. His prophecy is only according to his knowledge, as it is written (Hoshea, 12:11), “I have multiplied their visions, and I shall use images through the prophets.” This idea is found in the Tikkunei Zohar (Tikkun 19, page 40a). When God wants to draw prophecy into the world, then all of the Sefirot are included in a man, and he is called a prophet. The Sefirah of Malkhut (sovereignty) is a representation of all of the Sefirot. This is as it is written, “I shall use images through the prophets.” And as it is written (Hoshea, 12), “I have spoken to the prophets,” where Malkhut is like a mirror in which you can see all of the various faces.²²⁷The sefirah of Malkhut is the lowest in the arrangement of the sefirot. Thus, Malkhut serves as a sort of catch-basin, or mirror, that receives and reflects the potencies of the upper sefirot that descend into it. The prophet attains this consciousness, and is therefore able to receive God’s word, as it filters down through all the upper worlds and spheres. Similarly, all of the Sefirot show their power and forms to the prophet according to his ability to perceive the upper realms. In the same way it is enclothed below in the Throne of Glory, in all of the angels, the Ofanim, the holy Hayot, in all of their firmaments and thrones, and in all of the angels that are dependent on them. There are many levels of angels, one above the other, as it is written (Kohelet, 5:7), “For there is a higher one who watches over him that is high, and there are yet higher ones over them.” So too, with every Cherub and mazal (astrological force), as it is written (Tehillim, 145), “His sovereignty (Malchus) is in every dominion.” This is, “I shall use images through the prophets.” Each one sees the images (from the beyond) according to his power, which is his soul. It is said in the Midrash (Rabbah, Ta’azria, 15), “Even when Ruah haKodesh rests upon the prophets, it does so only according to a defined measure.” “To make a scale for the wind (spirit)” (Iyov, 28:25). This is all to say that the understanding of the prophets is also a force created by God and allocated to each prophet and sage according to God’s wisdom. His prophecies all follow the specific power of understanding granted at the root of his soul. All of man’s ability to understand is a force that God created and distributed to mankind.²²⁸The point here is that human wisdom – even the highest, prophetic wisdom – is a creation of God, which God emanates in accordance with the level of the prophet’s soul. That being the case, one must realize that there is something higher than all comprehension, whether knowledge is prophetic or intellectual.