the filth of the daughters of Zion (Is. iv. 4); and the words: 'when the sun is down' to

when King Messiah would come (Tanchuma on Par. Ki Thetse 3, ed. Warsh. p. 115 b).

Deut. xxv . 19 and Deut. xxx . 4 are referred by the Targum Pseudo-Jon. the Messianic

times. In the latter passage the gathering of dispersed Israel by Elijah, and their being

brought back by Messiah, are spoken of. Comp. also Bem. R., last three lines.

On Deut. xxxii. 7 Siphré (Par. 210, ed. Friedm. p. 134 a) makes the beautiful observation,

that in all Israel's afflictions they were to remember the good and comfortable things

which God had promised them for the future world, and in connection with this there is

special reference to the time of the Messiah.

On Deut. xxxii. 30 Siphré (p. 138 a) marks its fulfilment in the days of the Messiah.

On Deut. x xxiii. 5 the Jer. Targum speaks of a king whom the tribes of Israel shall obey,

this being evidently the King Messiah.

Deut. xxxiii. 17. Tanchuma on Gen. i. Par. 1 (ed. Warsh. p. 4 a) applies this to the

Messiah. So also in Benidb. R. 14.

Deut. xxxiii. 12. The expression, 'he shall cover him,' is referred to this world; 'all the day

long,' to the days of the Messiah; and 'he shall dwell between his shoulders,' to the world

to come (Sebach. 118 b).

Judg. v . 31: 'let them that love Him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might,' is

applied to Messianic times in Ber. R. 12. See our remarks on Gen. ii. 4.

On Ruth ii. 14: 'come hither at the time of meat,' the Midr. R. Ruth 5 (ed. Warsh. p. 43 a

and b), has a very remarkable interpretation. Besides the application of the word 'eat,' as

beyond this present time, to the days of the Messiah, and again to the world to come,

which is to follow these days, the Midrash applies the whole of it mystically to the

Messiah, viz. 'Come hither,' that is, draw near to t he kingdom, 'and eat of the bread,' that

is, the bread of royalty, 'and dip thy morsel in vinegar' - these are the sufferings, as it is

written in Is. liii. 5, 'He was wounded for our transgression.' 'And she sat beside the

reapers' - because His Kingdom would in the further be put aside from Him for a short

time, according to Zech. xiv. 2; 'and he reached her parched corn' - because He will

restore it to Him, according to Is. xi. 4. R. Berachiah, in the name of R. Levi, adds, that

the second Redeemer should be like the first. As the first Redeemer (Moses) appeared,

and disappeared, and reappeared after three months, so the second Redeemer would also

appear, and disappear, and again become manifest, Dan. xii. 11, 12 being brought into

connection with it. Comp. Midr. on Cant. ii. 9; Pesik. 49 a, b. Again, the words, 'she ate,

and was sufficed, and left,' are thus interpreted in Shabb. 113 b : she ate - in this world;

and was sufficed - in the days of the Messiah; and left - for the world to come.