The Holy One Silences the Angels While Egyptians Drown

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 233:10

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Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said: What is the meaning of that which is written, "and the one did not come near the other all the night" (Exodus 14:20)? The ministering angels sought to recite song before the Holy One, blessed be He. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to them: The works of My hands are drowning in the sea, and you would recite song before Me?

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AngelsDivine JusticeEgypt

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