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So the Lord said unto him: GATHER UNTO ME SEVENTY MEN, reassuring him thereby that his grade was not blemished, adding thus, AND I WILL TAKE OF THE SPIRIT THAT IS UPON THEE, AND WILL PUT IT UPON THEM, inasmuch as they all are of the degree of the Moon, and so need the Sun1i.e. Moses. to illumine them; and so this food would not descend for the sake of Moses.
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Happy the portion of Moses, whom the Holy One, blessed be He, desires to honour, and whom He loves above all other prophets, communicating with him without an intermediary, as it says, “With him do I speak mouth to mouth”.