Aaron.—“Then ten years.”
Moses.—“No, not so many.”
Aaron.—“Then surely it must be five.”
Moses.—“I say again, not so many.”
Then said Aaron, hesitating, “Is it then one?”
And Moses said, “Not so much.”
Full of anxiety and alarm, Aaron kept silence. Then said Moses gently, “O my beloved! would it not be good to say of thee as it was said of Abraham, that he was gathered to his fathers in peace?” Aaron was silent.
Then said Moses, “If God were to say that thou shouldst die in a hundred years, what wouldst thou say?”
Aaron said, “The Lord is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all His works.”
Moses.—“And if God were to say to thee that thou shouldst die this year, what wouldst thou answer?”