Commentaire sur L’Exode 5:20

ויפגעו AND THEY MET — men of Israel met — את משה ואהרן וגו׳ MOSES AND AARON etc.; Our Rabbis explained that wherever it speaks of people “quarelling” (2:13; cf. Rashi on that verse) or “standing” these were Dathan and Abiram about whom it is stated (Numbers 16:27) “[And Dathan and Abiram] came out standing” (Nedarim 64b).

Some of the B’nei Yisrael . . . These were not from among the officers, for they were pious people (as explained earlier). (Re”m) However, it seems to me that surely they were from among the officers [who had just cried out to Pharaoh], since the verse states, “as they were leaving Pharaoh.” And “they” cannot refer to Moshe and Aharon, for they were not with Pharaoh now. And so it says in Shemos Rabbah (5:20). (Nachalas Yaakov)

V. 20. פגע ב-: jemanden zufällig treffen. פגע את: in der Regel ein direktes Zugehen auf jemanden. Mosche und Aaron standen draußen und warteten auf sie, bis sie von der Audienz herauskommen würden. Sie waren auch wahrscheinlich nicht ohne deren Wissen zu Pharao gegangen.