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Midrash Tanchuma, Shemot 13

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3:1).</b> R. Levi stated: Everyone about whom it is written <i>was</i>, his beginning and his end were proper. R. Johanan said: Everyone about whom it says <i>was</i>, fed and sustained others. Others contended that it is written: <i>Now the serpent was subtle</i> (Gen. 3:1). And he answered: Because he was subtle, he was predestined to punishment. It is also written that <i>Cain was a tiller of the ground</i> (ibid. 4:2), they said. To which he replied: Therefore he was predestined for exile. Then they argued that it is written: <i>So Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day Jerusalem was taken</i> (Jer. 38:28). And He answered: That too is an excellent example, for if Jerusalem had not been taken, the “enemies of Israel” (euphemism for Israel) would have been destroyed. Moreover, Israel (thus) experienced full punishment for her sins. <i>The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion</i> (Lam. 4:22). Our sages of blessed memory maintained that everyone concerning whom it is written <i>was</i> would experience a new world. Therefore it is written: <i>And Moses was keeping the flock</i>.

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