And the Lord spake unto Aaron
Because he was a prophet, Aben Ezra says; but the reason rather
seems to be, because be was the high priest, and now invested
with his office, and in the execution of it, and therefore the
following law respecting the priest's drinking of wine was given:
some say, as the same writer observes, that God spake to him by
Moses; but it rather seems that he spoke to Aaron immediately:
according to Jarchi, this order was delivered to him as a reward
for his silence, and to do honour to him on that account: saying;
as follows.