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Ramban on Exodus 19:14/רמב"ן על שמות י״ט:י״ד
אוַיֵּרֶד מֹשֶׁה מִן הָהָר אֶל הָעָם וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת הָעָם לִמֵּד כָּאן שֶׁגַּם הַדִּבּוּר הַזֶּה שֶׁאָמַר בּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל מֹשֶׁה לֵךְ אֶל הָעָם, הָיָה בָּהָר, שֶׁהָיָה מֹשֶׁה עוֹלֶה שָׁם בְּכָל פַּעַם לְדַבֵּר אִתּוֹ. וּבַמְּכִילְתָּא (כאן) דָּרְשׁוּ בּוֹ מְלַמֵּד שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה מֹשֶׁה פּוֹנֶה לַעֲסָקָיו וְלֹא הָיָה הוֹלֵךְ לְבֵיתוֹ כְּלָל אֶלָּא מִן הָהָר אֶל הָעָם:
1AND MOSES WENT DOWN FROM THE MOUNT UNTO THE PEOPLE, AND SANCTIFIED THE PEOPLE. This verse teaches that the command expressed in the [above] verse, And the Eternal said unto Moses: Go unto the people and sanctify them,217 was also given to him on the mountain which Moses ascended everytime that he was about to speak to Him. In the Mechilta, the Rabbis have explained:218 “This teaches that Moses did not turn to his personal affairs nor go to his house at all, but he went directly from the mount unto the people.”