Commento su Numeri 14:26

וידבר השם, G'd said, etc. From the wording of this verse one might get the impression that G'd only now addresses Himself to the nature of Israel's sins and the retribution it is about to receive. This is not so, however, seeing that G'd had already been doing just this starting with verse 11. The reason the Torah appears to repeat these things is because up until now G'd had said these things to Moses in a private conversation. Only now does G'd give instructions to Moses and Aaron i.e. לאמור to communicate all this to the Israelites at large. When you review the chapter up until this verse you will note that the word לאמור did not appear once.

וידבר ה' אל משה ואל אהרן, “Hashem spoke to Moses and Aaron.” Seeing that both Moses and Aaron had fallen on their faces, in this instance Hashem also addressed Aaron directly, in order to give him the strength to get up from the ground on which both had fallen. The command Hashem issued in verse 2 was addressed only to Moses, seeing he was the major prophet of the two.

V. 26. וידבר ד׳ וגו׳. Verse 11-25 enthielten nur die Mitteilung an Mosche über die nun bevorstehende Zukunft des Volkes im allgemeinen. Hier die nähere Bestimmung im einzelnen. Sie wird an Mosche und Aharon gerichtet, die beide zusammen ja (Schmot 6, 26) als Führer des Volkes bestellt waren, dessen ferneres Geschick eine so verhängnisvolle Änderung erleiden sollte, und denen zusammen die Aufgabe zu erteilen war, das Volk diese Änderung aus dem rechten Gesichtspunkte begreifen und beherzigen zu lassen.