English: The Gemara reads “I shall be sanctified through My honor” as “through My honored ones.” Hashem had told Moshe that the Mishkan would be sanctified through honored people, but Moshe did not know which people until Aaron’s sons died.
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Type of Learning
Derash on the verse.
What Is Learned
The deaths of Aaron’s sons were understood as the sanctification of Hashem’s Name at the inauguration of the Mishkan.