How God Began the Torah with Justice at Marah

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Mishpatim 2:2

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

Another interpretation: "By justice a king sustains the land" (Proverbs 29:4) — this is the Holy One, blessed be He. When He came to give the Torah to Israel, He opened with justice. What is written? "There He set for him a statute and an ordinance" (Exodus 15:25). And here Moses learned the ordinances that he taught to Israel.

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