“Behold, this day they have brought their sin offering” (Leviticus 10:19). Aaron took Moses aside and said to him, “Moses my brother, if an onein [mourner of the day of death of his kinsman] is forbidden to eat the tithe, which has a light degree of sanctity,
“Behold Miriam was leprous as snow” (Numbers 12:10). Aaron also deserved that [punishment], but he was wearing the coat that atoned for evil speech. [Furthermore,] upon seeing his sister [become leprous], he would draw a lesson for himself (Sifri Zuta, Bamidbar 12:9,10)
“He [Aaron] built an altar before it [The Golden Calf] (Exodus 32:5).” He understood [the situation] from seeing Hur slain before him and said, “If I do not obey them now, they will do to me as they did to Hur, and there will never be any amends for them.
When the Holy One, Blessed is He, said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt” (Exodus 4:19), the utterance split into two voices and took on two aspects. Moses heard in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt” while