## Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Chukat

###### Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Chukat 16:1
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מי כהחכם ומי יודע פשר דבר (שם ח א). (שיטין הרבה יש במקרא, אלא שלא להטריח בפני רבותינו, נפתח ענין צורכינו). מי כהחכם זה הקב"ה, שנאמר בו ה' בחכמה יסד ארץ (משלי ג יט), ומי יודע פשר דבר, זה הקב"ה, שפירש התורה למשה.

**Midrash Tanhuma, S. Buber Recension; trans. by John T. Townsend, 1989.:**
(Eccl. 8:1:) WHO IS LIKE THE WISE PERSON, AND WHO KNOWS THE INTERPRETATION OF A SAYING? {There are a lot of opinions concerning the text; but so as not to go to a lot of bother with our masters, we shall open with a verse that fits our needs.} (Eccl. 8:1:) WHO IS LIKE THE WISE PERSON? This is the Holy One, since it is stated about him (in Prov. 3:19): THROUGH WISDOM THE LORD FOUNDED THE EARTH.⁹⁶ 4:4; *PR* 14:10. (Eccl. 8:1, cont.:) AND WHO KNOWS THE INTERPRETATION OF A SAYING? This also is the Holy One, who interpreted the Torah for Moses.

footnotes:
⁹⁶ Numb. R. 19:4; Eccl. R. 8:1:1; PRK


###### Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Chukat 16:2
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חכמת אדם תאיר פניו (קהלת שם), והנ קרן עור פניו (שמות לד ל), ועוז פניו ישונה (קהלת שם), [שמשנה מדת הדין למדת רחמים על ישראל].

**Midrash Tanhuma, S. Buber Recension; trans. by John T. Townsend, 1989.:**
(Eccl. 8:1, cont.:) A PERSON'S WISDOM LIGHTS UP HIS FACE. (Exod. 34:30:) AND LO, THE SKIN ('*or*) OF HIS FACE WAS SHINING. (Eccl. 8:1, cont.:) AND THE RADIANCE ('*oz*) OF HIS FACE IS CHANGED (for the better), [in that he changes the principle of judgment into a principle of mercy with respect to Israel.]