The Voice of Peace Moses Heard When the Tabernacle Rose

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Nasso 25:1

[(Numbers 7:1) "And it came to pass on the day that Moses had finished."] Rabbi Yehudah bar Simon said: On the day the Tabernacle was erected, Moses entered, and he was hearing a glorious voice, a pleasant voice, a praiseworthy voice. Moses said (Psalms 85:9), "Let me hear what God the Lord will speak" - is He speaking harshly, is He speaking with mercy? "Let me hear what God the Lord will speak." The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: Moses, I am speaking peace; there is nothing in My heart against My children, as it is said, "For He will speak peace to His people and to His pious ones, and let them not turn back to folly" (ibid.). And it is written after it, "Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him," etc. (Psalms 85:10). When? On the day the Tabernacle was erected. [For Rabbi Yehoshua the Priest said in the name of Rabbi Eliezer] that until the Tabernacle was erected there was contention between the Holy One, blessed be He, and Israel, and on the day the Tabernacle was erected peace was made, as it is said, "For He will speak peace to His people and to His pious ones, and let them not turn back to folly." Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish said to him: Why should I need to learn it from the book of Psalms? It is a matter of Torah, and even in its own place it lacks nothing. What is written above on the matter? "May the Lord lift up His face toward you and grant you peace" (Numbers 6:26). When? On the day the Tabernacle was erected.

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