신명기 2:6의 미드라쉬

Rabban Simon b. Gamaliel said: "Never was there any more joyous festival than the fifteenth of Ab and on the Day of Atonement, etc." It is readily understood why the Day of Atonement should be a day of rejoicing, because that is a day of forgiveness, and on that day the second tables of the Law were given to Moses; but why should the fifteenth of Ab be a day of rejoicing? "Because," said R. Juda in the name of Samuel, "on that day the members of the different tribes were permitted to intermarry." What passage did they interpret to prove this? (Num. 36, 6) This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded concerning the daughters of Zelaphehad, etc.; i.e., this thing should only apply for this generation, but not for later generations. Rabba b b. Chana in the name of R. Jochanan said: "On that day (fifteenth of Ab) the members of the tribe of Benjamin were permitted to intermarry with the other tribes, as it is said (Jud. 21, 1) Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying: 'Not any one of us shall give his daughter unto Benjamin for a wife.' What passage did they interpret? The passage reads: Any one of us, but not our children." R. Ida b. Abin in the name of R. Joseph said: "On that day the last of those who were destined to die in the desert perished; for the master said that as long as those destined to die in the wilderness were still alive, the Lord did not speak to Moses, [in a favorable manner], as it is said (Deut. 2, 6) And it came to pass, when all the men of war were spent by dying from the midst of the people, that the Lord spoke unto me. saying; i.e., unto me in particular."

[(Deut. 3:26): ENOUGH FROM YOU! DO NOT <EVER> SPEAK <UNTO ME ON THIS MATTER> AGAIN.] This is related to what Job said (in Job 20:6): EVEN THOUGH ONE'S HEIGHT ASCENDS TO THE HEAVENS, AND HIS HEAD REACHES THE CLOUDS. With reference to what does this scripture speak? It only speaks with reference to the day of death.¹⁸Tanh., Deut. 2:6. So even though one ascends to the heavens and makes himself wings like a bird, when his time to die arrives, his wings are broken, and he falls before the angel of death like an animal before the butcher. So also has David said (in Ps. 146:4): HIS SPIRIT DEPARTS; HE RETURNS TO THE GROUND; <ON THAT DAY HIS PLANS PERISH>.

[(Deut. 31:14:) BEHOLD (HN) THE DAYS ARE DRAWING NEAR FOR YOU <TO DIE>. Moses said to the Holy One: Sovereign of the Universe, with the word that I <used to> praise³⁰Cf. Gk.: kalos. you when I said (in Deut. 10:14): BEHOLD (HN) THE HEAVENS <AND THE HEAVENS OF THE HEAVENS, THE EARTH AND ALL THAT IS IN IT> BELONG TO THE LORD YOUR GOD! By that <very word> (i.e., HN) you have condemned me at death.³¹Above, Deut. 2:6; Tanh., Deut. 11:7.: The Holy One said to him: I am bringing about contentment, (as in Deut. 31:16): BEHOLD (HN-) YOU (-K) ARE <SOON> TO SLEEP WITH YOUR ANCESTORS…. R. Abbahu said: The words, BEHOLD YOU (HNK), can only mean contentment, since it is stated (in Job 3:17): THERE (in death) THE WEARY ARE AT REST (yanuhu, understood to have the root HNK).³²Cf. Gen. R. 9:5.