Rabbi Zerika asked about an apparent contradiction of Scriptural passages in the presence of Rabbi Eleazar, or, according to another version, he asked in the name of Rabbi Eleazar. says: "And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud," whereas reads: "And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting because the cloud abode thereon." The Gemara concluded that this teaches us that God took hold of Moses and brought him into the cloud. Alternatively, the school of Rabbi Ishmael taught in a Baraita that in the word for "in the midst" (, "be-tokh") appears, and it also appears in "And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea." Just as in the word "in the midst" (, "be-tokh") implies a path, as says, "And the waters were a wall unto them," so here too in there was a path (for Moses through the cloud).