Numbers 12:11

Aaron said,—Alas, my Lord— Alarmed at this terrible punishment inflicted upon his sister, and justly apprehensive of the like, Aaron, conscious of his misdemeanour, in the humblest terms, begs of Moses to forgive them, and to intercede with God for the life of his sister, who, he knew, without the divine interposition, must needs die of this loathsome and consuming distemper; Numbers 12:12. Calmet observes, that it was probably on account of this repentance that he himself was spared; as also because he is thought to have been less in fault, (see note on Numbers 12:1.) and from a regard to his sacred character, that the priesthood might not fall into contempt.