Мидраш к Ийова 25:3
הֲיֵ֣שׁ מִ֭סְפָּר לִגְדוּדָ֑יו וְעַל־מִ֝֗י לֹא־יָק֥וּם אוֹרֵֽהוּ׃
Есть ли количество Его армий? И на кого не восходит Его свет?
Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer
Rabbi said: The Holy One, blessed be He, brought Abraham outside (his house) on the night of Passover, and He said to him: Abraham ! Hast thou the ability to count all the host of heaven? He said before Him: Sovereign of all worlds ! Is there then a limit to Thy troops (of angels)? He said to him: Likewise thy seed shall not be counted owing to their great number, as it is said, "And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be" (Gen. 15:5).
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Vayikra Rabbah
Another interpretation of "Command the Children of Israel" (Leviticus 24:2). Rabbi (Yehudah Hanassi) and the Rabbis [differed about this]. Rabbi said, "One Scripture states (Job 25:3), 'Can His troops be numbered'; but another Scripture states (Daniel 7:10), 'Thousands upon thousands served Him'; and a [third] Scripture states (Pslams 68:18), 'God’s chariots are myriads upon myriads, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them as in Sinai in holiness.' Rather this is surely the number of one troop, but [all of] his troops are without number." And the Rabbis say, "One Scripture states (Job 25:3), 'Can His troops be numbered'; but another Scripture states (Daniel 7:10), 'Thousands upon thousands served Him.' Rather until the Temple was destroyed, the lauding of the Holy One blessed be He, would go up complete; once the Temple was destroyed, the Holy One blessed be He - as if it were possible - reduced His entourage. And the Holy One, blessed be He, said, 'It is not appropriate that My lauding would rise as it rose [before].'" "On whom does His light not shine" (Job 25:3) - Who of all those who come to the world can say, "The sun did not give me light during the day and the moon did not give light during the night." You give light for the upper beings and the lower beings. This is [the understanding of] that which is written, "Command the Children of Israel" (Leviticus 24:2).
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