EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Shoftim · Passuk 18:17
And the Eternal said to me: They have done well in what they have spoken.
Chazal / classical source (beyond TT-numbered main-ring units): Sifrei Devarim 175.
Lemma: הֵיטִיבוּ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּרוּ.
English: ‘They have done well in what they have spoken’ – the Holy One, blessed be He, agreed with their words.
Derash on Divine approval (Sifrei) — the request for mediation is declared good.
Hashem Himself declared that the people’s request at Chorev was well spoken; the institution of the prophet rests on that approval.