Now Moses heard the people weeping by their families, every one at the door of his tent. And the wrath of the Lord was exceedingly enkindled: to Moses also the thing seemed insupportable.
וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶת־הָעָ֗ם בֹּכֶה֙ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔יו אִ֖ישׁ לְפֶ֣תַח אָהֳל֑וֹ וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֤ף יְהוָה֙ מְאֹ֔ד וּבְעֵינֵ֥י מֹשֶׁ֖ה רָֽע׃
One Church Father comments on this verse
Do you not find it alarming that even righteous individuals, who have diligently labored, can fall into such lethargy and a lack of discernment that they are overtaken by an overwhelming urge to revert to gross sin? Are they not rendered so feeble in their restraint that they lament helplessly over their inability to withstand the fierce temptations of passion?
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