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Ramban on Exodus 15:13/רמב"ן על שמות ט״ו:י״ג
אנָחִיתָ בְחַסְדְּךָ עַם זוּ גָּאָלְתָּ נֵהַלְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ אָמַר ר"א כִּי הוּא עָבָר בִּמְקוֹם עָתִיד כִּי כֵן יָבֹא בַּנְּבוּאוֹת. וְעַל דַּעְתִּי כִּי יֹאמַר נָטִיתָ יְמִינְךָ עַל הָאוֹיֵב וַתִּבְלָעֵם הָאָרֶץ, וְנָחִית בְּחַסְדְּךָ בְּעַמּוּד הֶעָנָן לַנְחֹתָם הַדֶּרֶךְ עַם זוּ גָּאָלְתָּ, וְנֵהַלְתָּ אוֹתָם בְּעֹז יָדֶיךָ אֶל נְוֵה קָדְשֶׁךָ, כִּי אֵלָיו הוֹלְכִים. וְכֵן וְנָהֲרוּ אֵלָיו כָּל הַגּוֹיִם (ישעיה ב ב). וּ"נְוֵה קָדְשֶׁךָ", הוּא בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁר יֹאמַר עוֹד, "מִקְּדָשׁ אֲדֹנָי כּוֹנְנוּ יָדֶיךָ" (שמות ט"ו:י"ז). וְכֵן אָמְרוּ בַּמְּכִילְתָּא (כאן) אֵין נָוֶה אֶלָּא בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה לג כ) "חֲזֵה צִיּוֹן קִרְיַת מוֹעֲדֵנוּ עֵינֶיךָ תִרְאֶינָה יְרוּשָׁלִַם נָוֶה שַׁאֲנָן":
1THOU IN THY LOVE HAST LED THE PEOPLE THAT THOU HAST REDEEMED; THOU HAST GUIDED THEM IN THY STRENGTH TO THY HOLY HABITATION. Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra explained that this is a past tense in place of the future, as is customary in prophecies. In my opinion, Moses is saying: “Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand211 upon the enemy, and the earth swallowed them, but Thou in Thy love hast led — in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way212 — the people that Thou hast redeemed, and Thou hast guided them in the strength of Thy hands to Thy holy habitation,” for it is to that holy habitation that they were going, and so also, And all nations shall flow unto it.213 Thy holy habitation is a reference to the Sanctuary [in Jerusalem], as Moses says again, The Sanctuary, O Lord, which Thy hands have established.214 And so the Rabbis have said in the Mechilta:215 “Habitation is but a designation for the Sanctuary, as it is said, Look upon Zion, the city of our solemn gatherings; thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a peaceful habitation.”216