Moses Pleads Bi Before the LORD and Why Aaron the Elder

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Shemot 18:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

(Exodus 4:10:) AND MOSES SAID TO THE LORD: BI (O my Lord). [He read bi as be-Yah, that is:] By the LORD, You are passing [a wrong] over me — Aaron my brother is greater than I, yet You are sending me! (Continuing the verse:) BI (O my Lord), I AM NOT A MAN OF WORDS. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him (in Exodus 4:11): WHO PLACED A MOUTH IN MAN, etc.?

Themes

MosesEgyptPriesthoodExodusPassover

Biblical References

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