Aaron Falls Silent as Moses Reveals the Sanctified House

Midrash Aggadah, Leviticus 10:3

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"And Moses said to Aaron: This is what the LORD spoke, saying, 'Through those near to Me I will be sanctified' etc.; and Aaron was silent" (Leviticus 10:3). When Moses saw Aaron standing and bewildered, he said: "Woe is me, that such a transgression is in my hand and in the hand of my sons." Moses came in to him and was appeasing him. He said to him: "My brother, this was told to me from Sinai, that in the future the Holy One, blessed be He, would sanctify this House, and that I would sanctify it through a great man; and I had been saying, 'Either through me or through you this House will be sanctified.' But now it turns out that your two sons are greater than me and than you." Once Aaron heard this, he immediately fell silent, as it is said, "And Aaron was silent" (Leviticus 10:3).

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MosesPriesthoodAdam EveTribesSin

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