THE LORD IS A MAN (‘yš) OF WAR. How is it possible
to speak so, when it is plainly said, “Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith
the Lord” (Jer. 23:24), and it is written, “And one called unto another, and
said” etc. (Isa. 6:3), and it says, “And, behold, the glory of the God of
Israel came” etc. (Ezek. 43:2)? Why, then, does Scripture say, “The Lord is a man
of war?” For this reason: Because of My love for you and because of your
holiness, I sanctify My Name in your midst. And so too it says, “Indeed I am
God; but am I, the Holy One, not also man in the midst of thee?” (Hos.
11:9)—My Name I sanctify in your midst. (Judah Goldin, The Song at the Sea:
Being a Commentary on a Commentary in Two Parts [Philadelphia: The Jewish
Publication Society, 1990], 135-36))
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