Midrasz do Wyjścia 7:8

1) "And He called to Moses and the L–rd spoke to him, etc." "to him" — to exclude Aaron. R. Yehudah b. Betheira said: Thirteen dibroth (accompanied by a command) were stated in the Torah to Moses and Aaron, and, corresponding to them, thirteen limitations, to teach us that they were not spoken to Aaron, but to Moses, to tell them to Aaron. (The dibroth: 1) [Shemoth 6:13]; 2) [Shemoth 7:8]; 3) [Shemoth 9:8]; 4) [Shemoth 12:1]; 5) [Shemoth 12:43]; 6) [Vayikra 11:1]; 7) [Vayikra 13:1]; 8) [Vayikra 14:33]; 9 [Vayikra 15:1]; 10 [Bamidbar 2:1]; 11 [Bamidbar 4:1]; 12 [Bamidbar 4:18]; 13) [Bamidbar 19:2].)

(Exod. 7:8–9:) THEN THE LORD SPOKE UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON, SAYING: WHEN PHARAOH SPEAKS UNTO YOU, < SAYING > PRODUCE YOUR MIRACLE, <YOU SHALL SAY UNTO AARON: TAKE YOUR ROD AND CAST IT DOWN BEFORE PHARAOH. IT SHALL BECOME A SERPENT>. This text is related to (Is. 46:10): DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, AND FROM OF OLD, THINGS THAT HAVE NOT <YET> HAPPENED, SAYING: MY PLAN SHALL COME TO PASS AND I WILL ACCOMPLISH ALL MY DESIRE (HPTs).⁶⁹Tanh., Exod. 2:11; Exod. R. 9:1. What is the meaning of DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING? The Holy One declares from the start what is going to happen in the end. Where is it shown? Where he said so to Moses (in Deut. 31:16): BEHOLD, YOU ARE SOON TO SLEEP WITH YOUR ANCESTORS. THEN THIS PEOPLE WILL ARISE AND GO WHORING <AFTER THE ALIEN GODS OF THE LAND>…. He told him what Israel was going to do after Joshua had been dead for some years. (Ibid.:) AND GO WHORING AFTER THE ALIEN GODS OF THE LAND. And so they did (according to Jud. 2:11): THEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID EVIL IN THE EYES OF THE LORD AND THEY WORSHIPPED THE BAALS…. (Deut. 31:16, cont.:) THEY WILL FORSAKE ME AND BREAK MY COVENANT. (Cf. Jud. 2:12:) THEY FORSOOK THE LORD {AND DID NOT WORSHIP HIM}. Ergo (in Is. 46:10): DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING. R. Pinhas bar Hama the Priest said: Whoever hears this verse is thinking: Is there a love of strife⁷⁰Gk.: philoneikia. above? (Cf. Is. 46:10, cont.:) SAYING: MY PLAN SHALL COME TO PASS, AND I WILL ACCOMPLISH ALL MY DESIRE. Why so? Because the Holy One does not desire (HPTs) to convict any creature, as stated (in Ps. 5:5 [4]): FOR YOU ARE NOT A GOD WHO DELIGHTS (HPTs) IN WICKEDNESS….⁷¹Tanh., Gen. 4:8; M. Pss. 5:7. And so it says (in Ezek. 33:11): I DO NOT DESIRE (rt.: HPTs) THE DEATH OF THE WICKED <BUT THAT THE WICKED TURN FROM HIS WAY AND LIVE.>… Ergo (in Is. 46:10): SAYING: MY PLAN SHALL COME TO PASS, AND I WILL ACCOMPLISH ALL MY DESIRE (HPTs). Thus the Holy One desires (HPTs) to declare all his creatures righteous, as stated (in Is. 42:21): THE LORD WAS DELIGHTED (HPTs) BECAUSE OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, TO MAGNIFY AND GLORIFY TORAH.⁷²On this interpretation of Is. 42:21, see also Mak. 3:16; ARN, A, 41:21; Targum to Is. 42:21. Ergo (in Is. 46:10): AND I WILL ACCOMPLISH ALL MY DESIRE.

Another interpretation (of Exod. 7:9): WHEN PHARAOH SPEAKS UNTO YOU, … The Holy One said: Tomorrow I am leading my children out of Egypt and giving them the Torah. Now in it there is written (in Deut. 13:2 [1]): IF THERE ARISES AMONG YOU A PROPHET <OR ONE WHO DIVINES BY A DREAM AND HE GIVES YOU A SIGN OR A PORTENT >…. It is only right for him to summon you and say to you (in Exod. 7:8): PRODUCE YOUR MIRACLE…. At first he will speak to you harshly, since the word SPEAK (rt.: DBR in Exod. 7:9) is nothing but a word implying harshness. <It is> just as you say (in Gen. 42:30): THE MAN, THE LORD OF THE LAND, SPOKE (rt.: DBR) WITH US HARSHLY. He said to him: Aaron will do these things, but you shall stand like a prince giving decrees to the elders while they carry them out. (According to Exod. 7:9, cont.,) YOU SHALL SAY UNTO AARON: TAKE YOUR ROD AND CAST IT DOWN BEFORE PHARAOH….

Another interpretation (of Gen. 39:1): WHEN JOSEPH WAS TAKEN DOWN TO EGYPT…. What is written above on the matter (in Gen. 38:29)? AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT, AS HE DREW BACK HIS HAND < … > [SO HIS NAME WAS CALLED PEREZ]. Here is kingship (according to Ruth 4:18): THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF PEREZ.⁶⁸The biblical text continues with a genealogy from Perez to David. (Gen. 38:30:) THEN AFTERWARDS HIS BROTHER CAME OUT. Here is a priest. Then afterwards (in Gen. 39:1): WHEN JOSEPH WAS TAKEN DOWN TO EGYPT, the Holy One simply brought them the good news that, wherever they went, they would have the services of a king and a priest. How so? In Egypt < they had > a king and a priest, as stated (in Exod. 7:8): NOW THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON…. Also in their Exodus < they had a king and a priest > (according to Ps. 77:21 [20]): YOU LED YOUR PEOPLE LIKE A FLOCK BY THE HAND OF MOSES AND AARON.

And when Pharaoh heard their words he was ‎exceedingly terrified, and he said unto them: Go ye away to-day and return to-morrow; and ‎they did according to the words of the king. And when they had left him Pharaoh sent for ‎Balaam, the magician, and for Janus and Jambrus, his sons, and for all the magicians and ‎sorcerers and counselors which belonged to Pharaoh, and they came and sat before the king. ‎And the king told unto them all the words of Moses and his brother, and they said unto the ‎king: And how could these men come before thee on account of the lions, which are chained ‎to the gate? And the king said unto them: They have raised their rod upon the lions, and ‎released them; and they came before me, and the lions rejoiced with them, as the dog ‎rejoiceth before his master. And Balaam, the magician, answered unto the king, saying: These ‎can be nothing else but magicians like unto ourselves, and therefore send and let them come ‎and we will try them; and the king did so. And Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron to come ‎before the king, and they took the rod of God and they came to the king and spoke unto him, ‎saying: Thus, said the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: Send away my people that they may ‎serve me. And the king said unto them: And who will believe you that you are the messengers ‎of God, and that by his order you have come to me? Now, give unto us a wonder or a sign ‎concerning this thing, and then your words can be believed. Then Aaron hastened and cast ‎down his rod from his hand before Pharaoh and his servants, and the rod turned into a ‎serpent; and the sorcerers did likewise, and they cast their rods to the ground and they turned ‎into serpents. And the serpent of Aaron's rod lifted up its head and opened its mouth to ‎swallow up the serpents of the sorcerers’ rods. And Balaam, the magician, said: This thing is ‎since times of old, that one serpent should swallow up another, and that living beings should ‎devour one another. But turn thy serpent into a rod as before, and we likewise shall restore ‎our rods as they were at first, and then if thy rod will swallow up our rods we will know that ‎the spirit of God is within thee, otherwise thou art only an artificer like ourselves. And Aaron ‎stretched out his hand hastily and seized the tail of the serpent, and it became a rod in his ‎hand, and the sorcerers did also restore their rods in like manner, and after being turned into ‎rods again, the rod of Aaron swallowed up their rods. And when the king saw this thing, he ‎commanded to bring the records of the kings of Egypt, and they brought before him the ‎chronicles of the land of Egypt, wherein all the idols of Egypt were registered.‎