And Hashem said to Moshe and to Aharon: Because you did not believe in Me to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Yisrael, therefore you shall not bring this congregation into the land that I have given them.
English: R. Ami said: there is no death without sin; and he held like R. Shimon ben Elazar, who said even Moshe and Aharon died through their sin, as it is said “because you did not believe in Me” — had you believed in Me, your time to depart the world would not yet have arrived.
Type of Learning
Application of “no death without sin” to the greatest leaders.
What Is Learned
Moshe and Aharon’s death was tied to this failure of faith at Merivah.