The Trees That Trembled When Iron Was Made

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 8:7

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"And there was evening and there was morning, a third day" (Genesis 1:13) - on which mighty ones were created, as you say "captains and called men, all of them riding horses" (Ezekiel 23:23). When iron was created, the trees began to tremble. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to them: Let no tree of yours enter into it, and not one of you will be harmed.

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