Pemikiran Yahudi Bilangan 20:2: Netzach Yisrael

In the first chapter of Taanit (9a): Rabbi Yose, son of Rabbi Yehudah, says, “Three good sustainers rose up for the Jewish people, and they are: Moses, Aaron and Miriam. And three good gifts were given through their agency, and these are they: The well, the [pillar of] cloud, and the manna. The well in the merit of Miriam; the pillar of cloud in the merit of Aaron; the manna in the merit of Moses. When Miriam died, the well disappeared, as it is stated (Numbers 20:1), ‘And Miriam died there’; and it says thereafter (Numbers 20:2), ‘And there was no water for the congregation.’ But it returned in the merit of [Moses and Aaron]. When Aaron died the clouds of glory disappeared, as it is stated (Numbers 33:40), ‘And the Canaanite, the king of Arad heard.’ What report did he hear? He heard that Aaron had died and the clouds of glory had disappeared, and he thought he had been given permission to go to war against the Jewish people. And this is [the meaning of] that which is written (Numbers 20:29), ‘And all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead.’ Do not read [the verse as], ‘And they saw (vayiru)’; but rather [as], ‘And they were seen (vayerau)' [since the clouds which had concealed the Jewish people were temporarily removed]. Both returned in the merit of Moses. As it is stated (Zechariah 11:8), ‘And I cut off the three shepherds in one month.’ But did they die in one month? Didn’t Miriam die in Nisan, and Aaron in Av and Moses in Adar? Rather, it is that three good gifts that were given through their agency were annulled, and all disappeared in one month.” To here [is the Gemara].