Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Korach 10:2

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Korach 10:2

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

Another interpretation of (Numbers 16:5) "In the morning." Moses said: The Holy One, blessed be He, apportioned boundaries within His world. Are you able to mix morning into evening? And this is what is written at the beginning (Genesis 1:5): "And there was evening and there was morning," and (in the same passage) "And God separated between the light and the darkness." Just so did He separate Israel from the nations, [as it is said] (Leviticus 20:26): "And I have separated you from the peoples." And just so did He separate Aaron, [as it is said: "And Aaron was separated"] to consecrate him as most holy, he and his sons (1 Chronicles 23:13). If you are able to mix together those separations by which He separated between the day and between the night, then you are able to nullify this one. Therefore he said to them, "In the morning the LORD will make known the one who is His" — he is already designated — "and the one whom He will choose He will bring near to Him."

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