Commentary for Deuteronomy 32:51
עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר מְעַלְתֶּ֜ם בִּ֗י בְּתוֹךְ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּמֵֽי־מְרִיבַ֥ת קָדֵ֖שׁ מִדְבַּר־צִ֑ן עַ֣ל אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־קִדַּשְׁתֶּם֙ אוֹתִ֔י בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Because ye trespassed against Me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribath-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
Rashi on Deuteronomy
על אשר מעלתם בי BECAUSE YE TRESPASSED AGAINST ME — i.e., because you made the people to trespass against Me.
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Or HaChaim on Deuteronomy
על אשר מעלתם בי, "because you trespassed against Me, etc." Please compare my comments on Numbers 20,12 where I have elaborated on all this.
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Rabbeinu Bahya
על אשר מעלתם בי....על אשר לא קדשתם אותי, “because you have trespassed against Me....seeing that you did not sanctify Me.” Moses’ sin was that at the rock, concerning which the Torah (G’d) had already said in Numbers 20,24: “because you rebelled against My command.” In this instance, G’d speaks of Moses’ failure to sanctify Him. The word אותי here is derived from אות, “miracle.” This is the reason it has been spelled with the letter ו. [Otherwise, seeing it would be derived from את plus a pronoun-ending, the letter ו would not be justified. Ed.] I have already discussed the deeper meaning in Numbers 20,6.
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