민수기 20:27 미드라쉬: Sifra, Midrash Tanchuma, Bamidbar Rabbah & Midrash Tanchuma Buber

6) (Vayikra 8:7) "And he put upon him the kutoneth and he girded him with the avneit, etc." (See Shemoth 29): We are hereby taught that Moses was made an aid to Aaron. And just as he was made his aid in his lifetime, so, he was made his aid in his death. And he would dress him and he would undress him, as it is written (Bamidbar 20:25): "Take Aaron and Elazar his son… (Bamidbar 20:26) and strip Aaron of his vestments, etc." And whence is it derived that Moses did this? From (Bamidbar 20:27): "And Moses did as the L–rd commanded, and they went up to Hor Hahar … (Bamidbar 20:28) and Moses stripped Aaron of his vestments." Now how could Moses strip his vestments in order and dress Elazar in order. Do not the outer garments remain outer garments, and the inner garments remain inner garments? (i.e., We see from Scripture that Aaron did not die until he saw Elazar dressed in the priestly vestments. Is it possible that Aaron stood naked until Elazar donned all the eight vestments?) This transpired miraculously. Variantly: The Holy One Blessed be He accorded him greater honor in his death than in his life. Moses stood him on a rock and stripped him of his priestly vestments, and vestments of the Shechinah clothed him in their stead. Moses stripped his vestments (in order) and clothed Elazar with them in order.

(Numb. 20:25-26:) “Take Aaron [and his son Elazar] […,] And strip Aaron.” The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Moses, “See, you may console him that he is bequeathing his crown to his sons. [This is] something that you are not bequeathing to your [own] children.” (Numb. 20:28:) “So Moses stripped Aaron of his vestments and put them [on his son Elazar].” But if the high priest leaves the Temple mount in priestly vestments, does he not receive forty lashes, since [these vestments] are [made of] wool and flax?¹¹⁷Cf. Deut. 22:11, which forbids the mixture, and Kil. 9:1, which allows robes of this mixture for priests when they minister in the Temple. Cf. also Yoma 72a, according to which the forty lashes are for one who tears a priestly garment. However, [Scripture serves] to inform you that, with the wording by which he inducted him into the priesthood, when [the Holy One, blessed be He,] said to [Moses] (in Lev. 8:2), “Take Aaron,” with this very wording He also said to him (in Numb. 20:25), “Take Aaron.” (Numb. 20:27:) “So Moses did as the Lord commanded....” [This verse serves] to teach you that, even though He had spoken a decree against his brother, he did not hesitate.¹¹⁸See below, Numb. 6a:2. (Numb. 20:29:) “Then all the congregation saw that Aaron had died.” When Moses and Elazar came down [from the mountain], the whole congregation assembled themselves against them and said, “Where is Aaron?”¹¹⁹Numb. R. 19:20. They said to them, “He is dead.” They said to them, “How could the angel of death hurt him, a man who has halted the angel of death and held him back?” It is so stated (in Numb. 17:13), “So he (i.e., Aaron) stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was halted.” They said to them, “If you bring him [back], well and good; but if not, we will stone you [to death].” At that time Moses rose in prayer. He said, “Master of the world, bring us out from [this] suspicion.” Immediately the Holy One, blessed be He, opened the [burial] cave and showed him to [the congregation] for them. It is so stated (in Numb. 20:29), “Then all the congregation saw that Aaron had died.”

“Take Aaron and Elazar his son, and take them up Hor Mountain” (Numbers 20:25).
“Strip Aaron of his vestments, and dress Elazar his son in them; and Aaron will be gathered, and die there” (Numbers 20:26).
“Take Aaron.… Strip” – the Holy One blessed be He said to him: You comfort him as he is bequeathing his crown to his sons, while you are not bequeathing [your crown] to your sons.
“Moses did as the Lord commanded, and they went up to Hor Mountain before the eyes of the entire congregation” (Numbers 20:27).
“Moses stripped Aaron of his vestments and dressed Elazar his son in them, and Aaron died there at the top of the mountain; and Moses and Elazar descended from the mountain” (Numbers 20:28).
“Moses stripped Aaron of his vestments, and dressed [Elazar his son] in them” – but is it not so, that if a High Priest goes outside of the Temple Mount⁵⁸The camp of the Levites in the desert was the equivalent of the Temple Mount (Zevaḥim 116b). in his priestly vestments that he is flogged forty, as they are wool and linen? Rather, it is to inform you that with the expression that he introduced him into the priesthood: “Take Aaron” (Leviticus 8:2), with that same expression he said to him to ascend the mountain.⁵⁹There was a special dispensation in this case allowing Aaron to wear the clothing of the High Priest outside of the Temple Mount.
“Moses did as the Lord commanded” – to teach you that even though he said to him an evil decree against Aaron, he did not delay.