Everything of That Day Came Threefold at Sinai

Another interpretation: "In the third month" (Exodus 19:1). The Torah is threefold, the patriarchs are threefold, the tribe through which it was given is threefold, and the month is threefold. And how do we know the Torah is threefold? Rabbi Avun the Levite son of Rabbi said: from where is it called threefold? This "meshulash" [threefold mixture] contains three kinds: wine, honey, and pepper. Wine, from where? As it says, "Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed" (Proverbs 9:5). Honey, from where? "And sweeter than honey" (Psalms 19:11). And pepper, from where? Rabbi Avun the Levite son of Rabbi said: "Every word of God is refined" (Proverbs 30:5), these are like the pepper. From here, that the Torah is threefold. Everything done on that day was threefold. The Torah is threefold: Torah, Prophets, and Writings. Its letters are threefold: aleph, bet, gimel. And Israel is threefold: priests, Levites, and Israelites. The fathers are three, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And Moses is the third among them, "I stood between the LORD and you" (Deuteronomy 5:5). And from the third tribe, Reuben, Simeon, Levi. And his letters are threefold, M-Sh-H. And there were three siblings, Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. And he was hidden for three, "and she hid him three months" (Exodus 2:2). And the day was the third, "for on the third day the LORD will descend before the eyes of all the people" (Exodus 19:11). And the month was the third, "in the third month" (Exodus 19:1).