Comentários de Citação sobre Deuteronômio 9:29

"But I have installed My king" (va'ani nasakhti malki): [This relationship is like how Israel is God's portion, e.g.,] "Ad-nai is his inheritance" (Deuteronomy 10:9) and [conversely] "They are Your people and Your inheritance" (Deuteronomy 9:29). [The king is God's designated representative]. And similar to it [the concept of a designated king related to God] is [the phrase in (Zechariah 14:16-17)] "to bow down to the King, Ad-nai of hosts" (le-hishtachavot le-melekh Ad-nai tzeva'ot). [This title "King, Ad-nai of hosts" in Zechariah] refers to the Messiah. This is in the manner of (Psalm 72:11) "And all kings shall bow down to him" (ve-yishtachavu lo kol melakhim). For if [the phrase le-melekh ("to the King") in (Zechariah 14:16)] were referring [directly] to HaShem, the Lamed [prefix] would have a patach vowel [i.e., it would likely be לַמֶּלֶךְ - la-melekh].

THAT THOU [i.e., Moses] BROUGHTEST UP OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT. This is to be understood in the light of the verse, And Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea.³¹²Above, 15:22. Or it may be that G-d wanted to tell it to Moses in the same way as the people had said it — for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt.³¹³Verse 1. Similarly, in the Book of Deuteronomy, He said, thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt,³¹⁴Deuteronomy 9:12. meaning that through you [Moses] they have gone out of Egypt, as they say. But in his prayer Moses said, that Thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand,³¹⁵Verse 11 here. meaning that You alone are the One Who took them out of Egypt, for Yours is the might and the power; for it was with great power that Thy right hand, O Eternal is glorious in power,³¹⁶Above, 15:6. and with a mighty hand Thy right hand, O Eternal dasheth in pieces the enemy.³¹⁶Above, 15:6. Similarly it is said, by Thy great power and by Thy outstretched arm,³¹⁷Deuteronomy 9:29. as I have hinted at³¹⁶Above, 15:6. in connection with the secret of the attribute of the Arm.

FOR IT IS A STIFFNECKED PEOPLE. This is to be understood in its literal sense. G-d is to go in their midst because they are a stiffnecked people, for now that the Holy One, blessed be He, became reconciled with them, His Presence amongst those who are stiffnecked would be better than that of the angel. For He will want to increase their blessings more, since they are His people and His inheritance.⁵¹⁶See Deuteronomy 9:29 and 32:9. And just as at the time of anger it was better for them that He send before them an angel, because they are a stiffnecked people, just as He said, lest I consume thee in the way,⁵¹⁷Above, 33:3. so at the time of good-will it is better for them that the Divine Glory go with them, because they are a stiffnecked people, and He would more readily show grace and mercy upon His servants. And G-d answered him that He would do so, that He would make the covenant and do marvels because of it, just as Moses had asked for, so that we are distinguished, I and Thy people.⁵¹⁸Ibid., Verse 16. He said, before all thy people I will do marvels… and all the people amongst which thou art shall see, because all these great and tremendous things He would do with Moses and for his sake, and the people would merely be in the covenant. It is not possible, however, to explain that G-d was promising that He would now do with Israel wonders such as have not been wrought before and in all the earth, nor in any nation, for [we do not find] that after this [statement] there were any wonders done for them, greater than those which had been wrought for them at the beginning in Egypt and at the sea; on the contrary, at first there were wrought and done for them greater things. Rather, the purport thereof hints at the dwelling of the Divine Glory amongst them, and at G-d being with Moses, for splendor and for beauty⁵¹⁹Ibid., 28:2. in hidden and wondrous matters, as he said, ‘v’niphlinu’ (so that we are distinguished)⁵¹⁸Ibid., Verse 16. [which is of the root peleh — wonder], and as I have explained. May the Holy One, blessed be He, show us wonders in His Torah.