79. 3327. Whether I may be allowed later to say something about the washing of feet, and the things I was commanded to do, may be seen when the time comes [see 165].
[See WE 3339, explaining Exod. 3:11.] 3340. It certainly seems that Moses was permitted to speak in this way so that he would receive the signs and then persuade the people, who were without belief. But the same signs could have been given to him, and the same words spoken, without Moses replying, who, if he had been possessed of faith, would have kept silent and would have obeyed, as is well known from the case of Abraham and others.
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