1)

Why did Moshe and Aharon fall on their faces?

1.

Ramban: When they saw that the people were about to implement their plan to appoint a leader and return to Egypt, they fell on their faces before them 1 to plead with them to retract.

2.

Seforno: When they saw that the people's sin had reached a point of no return, they fell on their faces out of sheer helplessness. 2

3.

Ta'anis, 14b: In order to Daven on behalf of Yisrael.


1

Ramban: As in Shmuel 1, 20:41 and in Bereishis 50:19.

2

Seforno: Like the Sanhedrin in front of Yanai ha'Melech - See in Sanhedrin, 19b.

Sefer: Perek: Pasuk:

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