) "Stand ready (hithyatzvu) to see the salvation of the

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Vayehi Beshalach 3:19

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(Exodus, Ibid.) "Stand ready (hithyatzvu) to see the salvation of the L–rd": Moses said to them: Today the Shechinah will repose the Holy Spirit upon you; for "yetzivah" in all places refers to the Holy Spirit, viz. (Amos 9:1) "I saw the L–rd nitzav on the altar", and (I Samuel 3:10): "And the L–rd came vayithyatzev, and He called as before 'Samuel, Samuel'", and (Devarim 31:14) "Call Joshua vehithyatzvu in the tent of meeting and I will command him", and (Exodus 2:4) "Vatethatzav his sister from afar to know what would be done with him," the Holy Spirit reposing itself upon her.

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