Why Moses Entered the Tent of Meeting With Aaron

Midrash Aggadah, Leviticus 9:23

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"And Moses and Aaron came [into the Tent of Meeting]" (Leviticus 9:23). And why did Moses enter with him? To teach him concerning the rite of the incense. And concerning them Scripture says, "Two are better than one" (Ecclesiastes 4:9), and it says, "How good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together" (Psalms 133:1).

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