The Angel Who Came Twice to Give Israel Their Land

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 15:15

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When the figure said to Joshua, "Are you for us?" he began to cry out from beneath the soles of his feet. He said to him: Twice I have come to give Israel possession of the Land. I came in the days of Moses your teacher, and he pushed me away, as it is said, "Now I have come" (Joshua 5:14) [implying: but earlier I came too]. Yet Moses pushed me away, as it is said, "If Your presence does not go with us, do not carry us up from here" (Exodus 33:15).

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