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Sifrei Devarim 337

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(Devarim 32:48) "And the L-rd spoke to Moses on this very day": In three places it is written "on this very day": Noach — (Bereshith 7:13) "On this very day, Noach … entered the ark." Because the men of his generation said: If we see him (trying to leave on the ark), we won't let him. And, what is more, we will take axes and hatchets and break the ark, the L-rd said: I shall bring him into the ark in the middle of the day, and anyone who has the power to stop Me, let him come and do so! Egypt — (Shemoth 12:17) "For on this very day, I have taken your hosts out of the land of Egypt." Because the Egyptians said: If we see them (trying to leave), we won't let them; and, what is more, we will take knives and swords and kill them, the L-rd said: I shall take them out in the middle of the day, and anyone who has the power to stop Me, let him come and do so! And here (in advance of Moses' death) — Because Israel said: If we see him (going to his death), we will not allow it — The man who took us out of Egypt, and split the sea for us, and brought down the Torah for us, and brought down the manna for us, and "flew in" the quail for us, and performed miracles and feats of might for us — we will not allow him (to go) — whereupon the L-rd said: I will bring him into the cave in the middle of the day, and anyone who has the power to stop Me, let him come and do so! Thus, (the intent here of) "on this very day, saying, etc."

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