I heard a pshat about this once, that Moshe, as a member of Bnei Yisrael, really deserved to be excluded from going into Israel after the Egel Hazahav, however due to the fact that he hadn't done anything deserving of punishment, the punishment on the masses didn't fall on him.<br>
Once he messed up, Hashem applied the same punishment to him.<br><br>This means that if BY hadn't messeed up with the golden calf, Moshe's punishment would have been something entirely different.<br><br>Another possibility is that Moshe's sin was saying "Mamrim Heyitem" and getting upset at BY. If not for their behavior warranting this outburst from Moshe, he wouldn't have been punished - eventhough Hashem expected more of Moshe and to not let the anger show.<br>
<br>Kol Tuv,<br>~Liron<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Harvey Benton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:harveybenton@yahoo.com">harveybenton@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div>When Moshe hit the rock twice, Hashem told him explicitly that he would not enter eretz yisrael because he failed to Glorify Hashem through his actions.<br><br>However, later on, in Devarim, Moshe blames Bnei Yisrael for Moshe's not going into Eretz Yisrael. Why the change in explanation???<br>
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