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Ramban on Exodus 4:14/רמב"ן על שמות ד׳:י״ד

איָדַעְתִּי כִּי דַבֵּר יְדַבֵּר הוּא כְּלוֹמַר גָּלוּי לְפָנַי שֶׁיְּדַבֵּר בַּעֲבוּרְךָ בִּרְצוֹנוֹ לְאַהֲבָתְךָ, וַאֲפִלּוּ לֹא צִוִּיתִיו. וְגַם הִנֵּה הוּא מֵעַצְמוֹ יֹצֵא לִקְרָאתֶךָ וְרָאֲךָ וְשָׂמַח בְּלִבּוֹ, וְלֹא יְקַנֵּא בְּךָ לְמַעֲלָתְךָ עַל הַשְּׁלִיחוּת הַנִּכְבֶּדֶת הַזֹּאת וּמַה שֶׁהֻצְרַךְ לוֹמַר לוֹ "לֵךְ לִקְרַאת מֹשֶׁה הַמִּדְבָּרָה" (שמות ד':כ"ז), בַּעֲבוּר כִּי הוֹדִיעוֹ הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר יָבֹא בָּהּ, וְיִתָּכֵן שֶׁשָּׁמַע אַהֲרֹן בְּצֵאת מֹשֶׁה מִמִּדְיָן וְיָצָא מֵעַצְמוֹ לִקְרָאתוֹ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ נֶאֱמַר לוֹ לֵךְ לִקְרָאתוֹ הַמִּדְבָּרָה כִּי שָׁם תִּמְצָאֶנּוּ:

1I KNOW THAT HE [Aaron] CAN SPEAK WELL. That is to say, “It is revealed before Me that, out of his love for you, Aaron will willingly speak on your behalf even if I were not to command him. And also, behold, he cometh forth of his own bidding to meet thee, and when he seeth thee he will be glad in his heart, and he will not be jealous over your distinction in this honorable mission.” The reason that it was necessary that G-d tell Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses,²⁸³ was in order to inform him of the road by which Moses was coming. It is possible that Aaron heard of Moses’ departure from Midian, and on his own accord he went out to meet him. Afterwards, when he was already on the way, it was said to him, “Go into the wilderness to meet him, for there you will find him.”