Benjamin, at the close of which Elijah appears, and settles the dispute in a rather
summary manner.
On Gen. l. 10 the Midrash, at the close of Ber. R., remarks that as they had mourned, so
in Messianic days God would turn their mourning into joy, quoting Jer. xxxi. 13 and Is. li
3.
Ex . iv. 22 is referred to the Messiah in the Midr. on Ps. ii. 7.
On Exod. xii. 2, 'let this be the beginning of months,' it is remarked in Shem.R. 15 (ed.
Warsh. p. 24 b) that God would make new ten things in the latter days, these being
marked by the following passages: Is lx. 19; Ezek. xlvii. 9; xlvii. 12; Ezek. xvi. 55; Is liv.
11; Is. xi. 7; Hos. ii. 20; Is. lxv. 19; Is. xxxv. 8; Is. xxxv. 10. Similarly on Num. xii. 1 we
have, in Shem. R. 51, a parallelism between Old Testament times and their institutions
and those of the latter days, to which Is. xlix. 12 and lx. 8 are suppose to apply.
On Exod. xii. 42 the Jerus. Targum notes that there were 4 remarkable nights: those of
creation, of the covenant with Abraham, of the first Passover, and of the redemption of
the world; and that as Moses came out of the desert, so would the Messiah come out of
Rome.
On Exod. xv . 1. It is noted in Mekhilta (ed. Weiss, p. 41 a) that this song would be taken
up in Messianic days, only with far wide reach, as explained in Is. lx 5; lviii. 8; xxxv. 5,
6; Jer. xxxi. 13; and Ps. cxxvi. 2.
Ex . xvi. 25 is applied to the Messia h, it being said that, if Israel only kept one Sabbath
according to the commandment, the Messiah would immediately come (Jer. Taan. 64 a).
Ex . xvi. 33. This manna, it is noted in Mechil. ed. Weiss, p. 59 b, was to be preserved for
the days of the Messiah. Is. xxx. 15 is similarly explained in Jer. Taan. i. 1.
Ex . xvii. 16 the Targum Pseudo-Jonathan refers to Messianic times.
Exod. xxi. 1. Shem. R. 30, ed Warsh. p. 44. b, 45 a, notes on the word 'judgments' a
number of things connected with judgment, showing how Balaam could not have wished
the advent of the future deliverance (Numb. xxiv. 17), since he was to perish in it; but
that Israel should cleave to the great hope pressed in Gen. xlix. 18; Is. lvi. 1; lix. 16; and
especially Zech. ix. 9, of which a different rendering is proposed.
On Exod. xl. 9, 11 there is in the Targum Pseudo-Jon. distinct reference to the King
Messiah, on whose account the anointing oil was to be used.
The promise (Lev . xxvi. 12) is also referred to the latter, or Messianic, da ys in Yalkut 62
(vol. i. p. 17 b ).
Lev . xxvi. 13 is applied to Messianic times. See our remarks on Gen. ii. 4.