Musar for Zevachim 230:9
והכל קרבו עולות ועולה שהקריבו ישראל במדבר טעונה הפשט וניתוח ונכרים בזמן הזה רשאין לעשות כן
For it was taught: And let the priests also, that come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XIX, 22. This was immediately before Revelation, while the incident cited above took place immediately after Revelation.');"><sup>10</sup></span> R'Joshua B'Karhah said: This intimated the separation of the first born.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By 'priests' the firstborn are meant here, as it was they who 'came near the Lord' to perform sacrifices, and the verse now separated them and forbade them to approach the mountain.');"><sup>11</sup></span>
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
וידום אהרן . Aaron was rewarded for his silence in 10,3 when G–d spoke to him exclusively in 10,9. We are to learn from this that we must accept with good grace what appear to be G–d's strictures and afflictions.
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