Moses Gave His Soul for Torah Israel and Justice

"And he saw an Egyptian man" (Exodus 2:11): he saw one of Pharaoh's taskmasters striking one of the sons of the Kehathite Levites, who were his brothers, and he began to curse him with the sword that was in his mouth and killed him and buried him within the camp of Israel, as it is said, "And he hid him in the sand" (Exodus 2:12), and it is written, "And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea" (Hosea 2:1). He went out on the second day, and Dathan said to him, What do you seek, to kill me with the sword that is in your mouth as you killed the Egyptian yesterday? As it is said, it is not written here "Do you intend to kill me" but "Do you say" (Exodus 2:14). Three things Moses gave his soul for, and they were called by his name. He gave his soul for the Torah, and it was called by his name, as it is said, "Remember the Torah of Moses My servant" (Malachi 3:22). But is it not the Torah of God, as it is written, "The Torah of the LORD is perfect" (Psalms 19:8)? Rather, because he gave his soul for it, as it is said, "And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights" (Exodus 34:28), and it says, "And I sat on the mountain forty days" (Deuteronomy 9:9); thus because he gave his soul for the Torah it was called by his name. He gave his soul for Israel, and they were called by his name, as it is said, "Go down, for your people have become corrupt" (Exodus 32:7). But are they not the people of the LORD, as it is said, "And they are Your people and Your inheritance" (Deuteronomy 9:29), and it says, "These are the people of the LORD, yet they went out of His land" (Ezekiel 36:20)? Rather, because he gave his soul for them, as it is said, "And Moses grew up and went out to his brothers and saw their burdens" (Exodus 2:11), they were called by his name. He gave his soul for justice, as it is said, "Judges and officers you shall appoint for yourself" (Deuteronomy 16:18). But does not justice belong to God? Rather, because he gave his soul for justice, as it is said, "And he went out on the second day" (Exodus 2:13), and it says, "Who made you a man, a prince and a judge" (Exodus 2:14), and it says, "And Moses arose and saved them" (Exodus 2:17); from justice he fled and to justice he returned, "He performed the righteousness of the LORD and His judgments with Israel" (Deuteronomy 33:21). Thus because he gave his soul for justice they were called by his name.