You Are My Witnesses and I Am God

Pesikta DeRav Kahana 12:6

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"I have declared and I have saved and I have proclaimed, and there was no stranger among you; and you are My witnesses, says the LORD, and I am God" (Isaiah 43:12). "I have declared" -- in Egypt, "And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD" (Exodus 4:28). "And I have saved" -- at the sea, "And the LORD saved on that day" (Exodus 14:30). "And I have proclaimed" -- at Sinai, "From heaven You proclaimed judgment" (Psalms 76:9). "And there was no stranger among you" -- this is Jethro. "And you are My witnesses, says the LORD, and I am God." Rabbi Shimon son of Yochai taught: If you are My witnesses, says the LORD, I am God; and if you are not My witnesses, as it were, I am not the LORD.

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