De Plantatione

But he receives only the second honour of this summons, and the all-wise Moses shall have the first place assigned to him. For the former fashions shadows only, like painters do, in which it is not right to form any living thing. For the very name Bezeleel is interpreted to mean, "working in shadows." But Moses does not make shadows, but the task is assigned to him of forming the archetypal natures of things themselves. And in other places, also, the great Cause of all things is accustomed to reveal his secrets to some in a more conspicuous [*](Exodus xix. 20. ) [*](Exodus xxxi. 2 is the passage alluded to, and not any verse in Leviticus. )

and visible manner, as if in the pure light of the sun, and to others more sparely, as though in the shade.