ד הלך אצל משה אמר לו תורה שנתן לך הקב"ה היכן היא אמר לו וכי מה אני שנתן לי הקב"ה תורה א"ל הקב"ה למשה משה בדאי אתה אמר לפניו רבונו של עולם חמודה גנוזה יש לך שאתה משתעשע בה בכל יום אני אחזיק טובה לעצמי אמר לו הקב"ה למשה הואיל ומיעטת עצמך תקרא על שמך שנאמר (מלאכי ג, כב) זכרו תורת משה עבדי וגו':
4 R. Joshua b. Levi also said: When Moses descended from before the Holy One, blessed be He, Satan came and asked Him, 'Sovereign of the Universe! Where is the Torah? 'I have given it to the earth.' answered He to him. He went to the earth and said to her, 'Where is the Torah?' '<i>God understandeth the way thereof</i>, etc.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Job. XXVIII, 23. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> she replied. He went to the sea and it told him, <i>'It is not with me</i>.' He went to the deep and it said to him, <i>'It is not in me</i>,' for it is said. <i>The deep saith, It is not in me: And the sea saith, It is not with me. Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumour thereof with our ears</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 14, 22. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> He went back and declared before Him, 'Sovereign of the Universe! I have searched throughout all the earth but have not found it!' 'Go thee to the son of Amram. answered He. [So] he went to Moses and asked him, 'Where is the Torah which the Holy One, blessed be He, gave unto thee?' 'Who am I then,' he retorted, 'that the Holy One, blessed be He, should give me the Torah?' Said the Holy One, blessed be He, to Moses, 'Moses, art thou a liar!' 'Sovereign of the Universe!' he replied, 'Thou hast a stored-up treasure in which Thou takest delight every day: shall I keep the benefit for myself?'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely it was not given to me alone! ');"><sup>14</sup></span> 'Said the Holy One, blessed be He, to Moses, 'Moses, since thou hast [humbly] disparaged thyself, it shall be called by thy name, as it is said, <i>Remember ye the law of Moses my servant</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mal. III, 22. ');"><sup>15</sup></span>