Moses Who Was Spoken With Mouth to Mouth

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 427:3

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Another interpretation: He speaks of Moses, with whom He spoke by speech and by vision, as it is said, "Mouth to mouth I speak with him" (Numbers 12:8). "To Your pious one" (Psalms 89:20), for he was of the tribe of Levi, as it is said, "And of Levi he said: Your Tummim and Your Urim be with Your pious one" (Deuteronomy 33:8). "And You said, I have set help upon a mighty one" (Psalms 89:20): a load too heavy for six hundred thousand was easy for Moses. "I have exalted one chosen from the people" (Psalms 89:20). "Had it not been for Moses His chosen one" (Psalms 106:23).

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