The Murder of Hur and the Blood of the Innocent

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 391:10

At the hour when Israel did that deed, at first they went to Hur. They said to him: Rise, make us a god. Since he did not listen to them, they rose up against him and killed him. This is what is written: "Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor" (Jeremiah 2:34) and so forth; this is the blood of Hur, as it is said (in the same verse): "I did not find them breaking in, but upon all these"; that is, upon their having made "these are your gods, O Israel." And afterward they went to Aaron.

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