Midras Bilangan 9:18: Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael & Midrash Tanchuma Buber

עַל־פִּ֣י יְהוָ֗ה יִסְעוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְעַל־פִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה יַחֲנ֑וּ כָּל־יְמֵ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁכֹּ֧ן הֶעָנָ֛ן עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן יַחֲנֽוּ׃

Atas titah Yang Mahakekal orang Israel berangkat, dan atas titah Yang Mahakekal mereka berkemah. Selama awan itu tetap berdiam di atas Kemah Suci, mereka tetap berkemah.

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael

(Exodus 15:22) "And Moses made Israel journey from the Red Sea": R. Yehoshua said: This journey was by word of Moses, and all of the others, by word of the L–rd, as it is written (Numbers 9:18) "By word of the L–rd they journeyed and by word of the L–rd they encamped." But this journey was by word of Moses, viz.: "And Moses made Israel journey."
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Midrash Tanchuma Buber

R. Eleazar of Modim says: They did journey by divine command, as we find to be so {in one place <or> two or three} [elsewhere in two or three places] (e.g., in Numb. 9:18, 20, 23): AT THE COMMAND OF THE LORD THEY (i.e., the children of Israel) JOURNEYED. So also here (in Exod. 15:22), although he has written THEN [MOSES] HAD <ISRAEL> JOURNEY, they journeyed by divine command. Then what is the meaning of (Exod 15:22:) THEN MOSES HAD <ISRAEL> JOURNEY? When he told them to journey, they did not say to him: Where are we journeying? Into the desert? Perhaps there is nothing there. Rather they arose and journeyed in trustfulness. Jeremiah has said (in Jer. 2:2): GO AND PROCLAIM IN THE EARS OF JERUSALEM, [SAYING: THUS SAYS THE LORD: I HAVE REMEMBERED IN YOUR FAVOR THE FAITHFULNESS OF YOUR YOUTH…, HOW YOU WENT AFTER ME IN THE DESERT, IN A LAND NOT SOWN].
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