Moses Leads Israel Through the Wilderness Like a Shepherd His Sheep

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Beshalach 15:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

"Then Moses had Israel journey" etc. (Exodus 15:22). This is what Scripture says (Psalms 78:52): "But He made His own people journey like sheep." Why "like sheep"? Rather, just as the sheep scatter and the shepherd gathers them, so were the Israelites in the wilderness, quarreling and weeping and complaining at every hour, as it is said (Psalms 78:40): "How often did they defy Him in the wilderness" etc. The Holy One, blessed be He, as it were, did not depart from them, but led them like sheep, as it is said: "Then Moses had Israel journey."

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Divine PresenceMosesExodusPsalmsDavid

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