에스겔 20:40의 미드라쉬

(Exodus, Ibid.) "in the mountain of Your inheritance": in the mountain that You promised us, viz. (Ezekiel 20:40) "on My holy mountain, the mountain of the heights of Israel (i.e., the Temple), etc." Four are called "inheritance": the Temple — viz. "in the mountain of Your inheritance." Eretz Yisrael — viz. (Devarim 15:4) "in the land which the L rd Your G d gives You as an inheritance." Torah — viz. (Numbers 21:19) "And from Matanah ('the gift' [of Torah]) Nachaliel ('the inheritance of the L rd'"). Israel — viz. (Yoel 4:2) "My people and My inheritance, Israel." The Holy One Blessed be He said: Let Israel, who are called "inheritance," come to Eretz Yisrael, which is called "inheritance," and build the Temple, which is called "inheritance," in the merit of Torah, which is called "inheritance." Thus — "in the mountain of Your inheritance." (Ibid.) (the sanctuary ["which You have wrought, O L rd"]): Beloved is the Temple by Him who spoke and brought the world into being. For when the Holy One Blessed be He created the world, He did so by pronouncement, viz. (Psalms 33:6) "By the word of the L rd the heavens were made," but the creation of the Temple was by act, viz.