Why God Waited and Healed Every Blemish Before Giving the Torah

Another interpretation: "In the month" - the month came. Rav Avin said: when the Holy One, blessed be He, was revealed to Moses at the bush, He said to him, "When you bring the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain" (Exodus 3:12). And Moses was watching and saying, "When will that appointed time come?" When it arrived, the Holy One, blessed be He, said, "The month you were watching for has come." It does not say "in the third moon" as it says "in the moon of Ziv," "in the moon of Bul," "in the moon of Etanim" (1 Kings 6), but rather "in the month [hodesh]." The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him, "I am performing a renewal [hiddush] of things and renewing you." To what may the matter be compared? To a king who had a son who came of age. His father wished to marry him off, and he had an old chamber. The king said, "It is not fitting for my son's honor to marry him off in an old chamber; yet if I wait until I make a new one, I delay my son's joy." What did the king do? He brought smiths and craftsmen and they polished the bronze vessels; he brought woodworkers and they wove the wooden vessels. So too, when Israel came out of Egypt, there were among them the blind, the deaf, and the lame. The Holy One, blessed be He, said, "The Torah is wholly perfect and complete, as it is said, 'The Torah of the LORD is perfect' (Psalms 19:8). Shall I give it to a generation that has among them people with blemishes? I will wait until their children arise" - delaying the joy of the Torah. What did the Holy One, blessed be He, do? He healed them and gave them the Torah. And from where do we know that one who had been blind could see? As it is said, "And all the people saw." And that one who had been deaf became able to hear? As it is said, "We will do and we will hear." And that one who had been lame became whole? As it is said, "And they stationed themselves" (Exodus 19:17).