Rabbi Shimon ben Yoḥai said: This is analogous to a king who had an only son. Each and every day he would command a member of his household [concerning his son, and he would ask him]: ‘Did my son eat or did my son drink? Did he go to school? Did he come from school?’
So too, on each and every day, the Holy One blessed be He would command Moses and say to him: “Say to the children of Israel,” “command the children of Israel.” Rabbi Yehuda bar Simon said: This is analogous to one who was sitting and crafting a crown for the king. A person passed by him and said to him: ‘What are you doing?’ He said to him: ‘I am crafting a crown for the king.’
He said to him: ‘Affix as many gems and pearls as you can affix on it; affix emeralds, affix pearls. Why? Because it will be placed on the king’s head.’ So too, the Holy One blessed be He said to Moses: ‘To whatever extent you can praise Israel, praise; to exalt them and glorify them, glorify.
Why? Because I am destined to be glorified through them, as it is stated: “He said to me: You are My servant, Israel, in whom I glory”’ (Isaiah 49:3).