The LORD Speaks to Moses Without Go-Between or Messenger

Mekhilta DeRabbi Shimon Ben Yochai 31:1

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"And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, speak to the children of Israel": you, not by means of an interpreter and not by means of a messenger.

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