Moses Made a New Creature at the Burning Bush

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Shemot 18:2

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

(Exodus 4:12:) "And now go, and I will be with your mouth, etc." Rabbi Judah son of Rabbi Simon said: The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Moses: I am making you a new creature, like this woman who conceives and gives birth, as it is stated (in the same verse): "and I will teach you what you shall speak."

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