Midrash su Deuteronomio 1:6

(Gen. 1:1:) IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED. This text is related (to Ps. 18:36 = II Sam. 22:36): AND YOU GAVE ME YOUR SHIELD OF YOUR SALVATION.¹⁰Exod. R. 41:4; M. Pss. 18:28f.; see Tanh., Exod. 9:15. < The words > [speak of Israel. What is written (in vs. 31 = vs. 31)? HE IS A SHIELD FOR ALL WHO TAKE REFUGE IN HIM.] (The verse continues:) AND YOUR RIGHT HAND SUSTAINS ME. This is Torah according to what is stated (in Deut. 33:2): AT HIS RIGHT HAND IS A FIERY LAW (dat). (Ps. 18:36 = II Sam. 22:36 continues:) AND YOUR HUMILITY HAS MAGNIFIED ME. Now is anyone more humble than the Holy One? R. Abba bar Aha said: The student sits before his master. When he is finished, the student says to the master: How I have tired you! But Israel was learning from the Holy One. When they are departing, he says to them: How I have tired you! It is so stated (in Deut. 1:6): THE LORD OUR GOD SPOKE TO US IN HOREB, SAYING: < YOU HAVE SAT LONG ENOUGH AT THIS MOUNTAIN >. Ergo (in Ps. 18:36 = II Sam. 22:36): AND YOUR HUMILITY HAS MAGNIFIED ME.

(Devarim 1:6) "The L-rd our G-d spoke to us in Chorev to say": He said to them: It is not of myself that I am telling you, but from the mouth of the Holy One Blessed be He.

(Gen. 17:2:) AND LET ME PUT MY COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND YOU. This text is related (to Ps. 25:14): THE SECRET OF THE LORD IS FOR THOSE WHO FEAR HIM, AND HE MAKES HIS COVENANT KNOWN TO THEM.⁹⁹Tanh., Gen. 3:19; Gen. R. 49:2 (but not in the Theodor edition). What is the secret of the Holy One. This is circumcision, since the Holy One revealed the mystery¹⁰⁰Gk.: mysterion. of circumcision to no one but Abraham, as stated (ibid.): THE SECRET (SWD) OF THE LORD IS FOR THOSE WHO FEAR HIM. What is the meaning of SWD? One's years: S is sixty; W is six; D is four. That makes seventy years. See, the Holy One said: Out of you I am raising up seventy souls, as stated (in Deut. 10:22): WITH SEVENTY SOULS < DID YOUR ANCESTORS GO DOWN TO EGYPT >. And out of them < I > am raising up seventy elders, as stated (in Numb. 11:16): < GATHER FOR ME > SEVENTY PEOPLE FROM THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL. And I am raising up Moses, who will study the Torah in seventy languages, as stated (in Deut. 1:5f.): < MOSES UNDERTOOK TO EXPOUND >¹⁰¹According to Rashi, EXPOUND implies that Moses explained the Torah for all seventy nations in their own languages. THIS TORAH, SAYING: THE LORD SPOKE TO US IN HOREB. Ergo (in Ps. 25:4): THE SECRET OF THE LORD IS FOR THOSE WHO FEAR HIM. He said to him: It is enough for a slave to be equal to his owner.¹⁰²Cf. Matthew 10:24-25; Luke 6:40; John 13:16. It is comparable to a king who had a friend that had more than enough wealth. The king said: What shall I give to my friend? He has silver and gold, male and female slaves, and cattle. But look, I will gird him with my armor.¹⁰³Gk.: zone, i.e., “girdle.” Thus the Holy One said: What shall I give to you? I have already given you silver and gold, male and female slaves, and cattle, as stated (in Gen. 13:2): AND ABRAM WAS VERY RICH < IN CATTLE, IN SILVER, AND IN GOLD >. So what shall I give you? It is enough for you to be like me, as stated (in Gen. 17:2-4): AND LET ME PUT MY COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND YOU … THEN ABRAHAM FELL UPON HIS FACE … AS FOR ME, BEHOLD, MY COVENANT IS WITH YOU. Ergo (in Ps. 25:14): THE SECRET OF THE LORD IS FOR THOSE WHO FEAR HIM.