## Midrash Tanchuma, Emor

###### Midrash Tanchuma, Emor 19:1
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**וּלְקַחְתֶּם** לָכֶם. זֶה שֶׁאָמַר הַכָּתוּב: כָּל עַצְמוֹתַי תֹּאמַרְנָה ה' מִי כָמוֹךָ (שם לה, י). יָפֶה אָמַר דָּוִד שֶׁאָמַר הַפָּסוּק הַזֶּה. תֵּדַע לְךָ, שֶׁהַלּוּלָב הַזֶּה דּוֹמֶה לְשִׁדְרָה שֶׁל אָדָם, וְהַהֲדַס הַזֶּה דּוֹמֶה לָעֵינַיִם, וְהָעֲרָבָה דּוֹמָה לַשְּׂפָתַיִם, וְהָאֶתְרוֹג דּוֹמֶה לַלֵּב. אָמַר דָּוִד, אֵין לְךָ אֵיבָר אַחֵר גָּדוֹל מֵאֵלּוּ. שְׁקוּלִין הֵן כְּנֶגֶד הַגּוּף. הֱוֵי, כָּל עַצְמוֹתַי.

**Midrash Tanhuma-Yelammedenu, trans. Samuel A. Berman:**
(Lev. 23:40:) “And you shall take for yourselves.” This text is related (to Ps. 35:10), “All my bones shall say, ‘Lord, who is like you?’” David has stated this verse beautifully.⁹² You yourself know that the *lulav* is like a human spine, the myrtle is like the eyes, the willow is like the lips, and the *ethrog* is like the heart. David said, “I have no greater organs than these, [since] they correspond to the [whole body (in importance)].” Ergo (in Ps. 35:10), “All my bones [shall say, ‘Lord, who is like you?’]”

footnotes:
⁹² Lev. R. 30:14.