Мидраш к Даниэль 9:3

AND MOSES BESOUGHT THE LORD HIS GOD (32, 11). R. Tanhuma b. Abba began thus: Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses His chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn back His wrath (ps. 106.23). R. Hama b. Hanina said: The good advocate knows how to present his case clearly before the tribunal. Moses was one of the two advocates that arose to defend Israel and set themselves, as it were against the Holy One, blessed be He. These were Moes and Daniel. That Moses was one we deduce from: ‘Had not Moses His chosen, etc.,’ and that Daniel was the other we infer from: And I set my face unto the Lord God to seek by prayer, etc. (Dan IX, 3). These were the two men who set their face against the Attribute of strict Justice in order to plead for mercy on Israel’s behalf.