When Torah was given God introduces the event in an odd,
seemingly redundant manner. Yet the Midrash
places it in context:
“Because the Holy One, blessed be He, appeared to them at
the Sea as a warrior, and at Mt. Sinai as a Scribe teaching Torah, the Holy
One, blessed be He, said to them: “I is
I who was at the Sea. It was I who was
at Sinai. I am the Lord, thy God.”
- -Midrash Tanhuma, Yitro
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