Midrash su Numeri 12:7

R. Simon said in the name of R. Joshua b. Levi: Manzapak [מנצפ"ך] is a Mosaic halahhah from Sinai. R, Jeremiah said in the name of R. Hiyya b. Abba: They are what the zofim [i.e. prophets] instituted. It once happened on a stormy day that the Sages did not attend the House of Assembly [i.e. the Academy]. Some children were there and they said, 'Come and let us make a House of Assembly. Why are there written [two different forms when the following letters come in the middle or end of a word respectively] mem [מ] mem [ם], nun [נ] nun [ן], tzadi [צ], tzadi [ץ], pai [פ] pai [ף]? It teaches [that the Torah was transmitted] from utterance [מאמר] to utterance, from Faithful [נאמן] to faithful, from Righteous [צדיק] to righteous, from mouth [פה] to mouth, and from hand [כף] to hand. From utterance to utterance — from the utterance of the Holy One, blessed be He, to the utterance of Moses. From Faithful to faithful— from theAlmighty, who is designated, "God, faithful King," to Moses, who is designated faithful, as it is written, "He [Moses] is faithful in all My house" (Numbers 12:7). From Righteous to righteous— from God, who is designated righteous, as it is written, "The Lord is righteous in all His ways" (Psalms 145:17), to Moses who is designated righteous, as it is written, "He executed the righteousness of the Lord" (Deuteronomy 33:21). From mouth to mouth — from the mouth of the Holy One, blessed be He, to the mouth of Moses. From hand to hand: from the hand of the Holy One, blessed be He, to the hand of Moses. They completed them and they grew to be great sages in Israel; some say that they were R. Eliezer, R. Joshua and R. Akiba. They applied to them the verse, "Even a child is known by his doings, etc." (Proverbs 20:11).

"Samuel wrote his book," but is it not written And Samuel died? The book was finished by Gad the seer and Nathan the Prophet. "David wrote his book with the help of the ten elders." Why did the Baraitha not enumerate also Ethan the Ezrachite? Rab said: "Ethan the Ezrachite is Abraham, for it is written here (Ps. 89, 1) Ethan the Ezrachite, and it is also written (Is. 41, 2) Who waked up from the East (Mimizrach)," etc. It enumerates Moses, and also Heiman; did not Rab say that Heiman means Moses, for it is written here Heiman and it is written (Num. 12, 7) In all my house is he (Ne'eman) faithful. There were two Heimans. "Moses wrote his book, the chapter of Bilam and Job." This verifies the statement of R. Levy b. Lachma, who said that Job lived in the time of Moses. Raba, however, said: "Job lived in the time of the spies who were sent by Moses to investigate Palestine, for it is written concerning Job (Job 1, 1) Utz, and dealing with the spies, Moses also mentions a word similar to this (Etz, a tree). But how can you say that Utz and Etz are the same? Moses thus said to Israel: "There is a man whose years are as numerous as that of a tree and who protects his generation like a tree protects its branches."

A faithful man shall abound with blessings (ibid. 28:20). This refers to Moses, who was appointed treasurer of the Tabernacle. Our sages tell us that no less than two men must be appointed as overseer of a community, but regarding Moses, who was most trustworthy, it is said: My servant Moses is not so; he is trusted in all My house (Num. 12:7).