ספר שמות

This is the meaning of “Moses ascended to meet with ‎G’d,” (verse 3) as if that was to be an exclusive “summit meeting.” ‎G’d, however, preferred for Moses to remain on a level that ‎enabled him to speak to the people as if they were his equal. This ‎is why He immediately told him:‎כה ‏‎,‎תאמר אל בית יעקב וגו'‏‎ “thus ‎you shall speak to the house of Yaakov, etc.” When the Torah ‎writes: ‎ויקרא אליו ה' מן ההר לאמור‎, “Hashem” called out to ‎Moses from the Mountain,” this was a hint that instead of G’d ‎expecting the people to try and elevate themselves to His level, ‎He had decided to “lower Himself” to their level. When He ‎specified “the house of Yaakov,” G’d hinted to Moses that the ‎message Moses was to teach the people was one that even the ‎women would not have any difficulty in understanding.‎When G’d tells Moses in verse 9: ‎הנה אנכי בא אליך בעב הענן‎ ‎בעבור ישמע העם בדברי עםך‎, “here I will come to you enfolded in ‎the thickness of the cloud so that the people will be able to hear ‎Me speak with you,” the term ‎עב הענן‎, is to be understood as ‎עביות‎, something gross, i.e. the opposite of a lofty level. G’d tells ‎Moses to what extent He will “descend” to the level of the people, ‎in order for the people to be able to hear Him speak with Moses.‎Now we will explain the deeper meaning of the verse: (19,4) ‎אתם ראיתם אשר עשיתי למצרים וגו'‏‎, “you have witnessed with your ‎eyes what I have done to (for) Egypt, etc.”‎