How Amram Married his aunt

ב''ה

Amram married his aunt, Yocheved על פי הדיבור. It must have been Yakov, as a navi that told them to get married while he was still alive in Egypt. A Navi's comand to transgress the torah can only apply for a singular instance, if so, how could he re-marry her after they seperated? It was because she was already pregnant with Moshe. It was because they were separated 3   months while she was pregnant that they were able to hide baby Moshe for that long later.

If so why did they have to get married again at all? The got married so that his 'decree' of separating his wife would not be worse than Paroh's. Nontheless Amram could not openly marry her as people would think that he no longer was allowed after the words of the Navi didn't apply anymore. Indeed it says that he married her be'tzina.

For this reason it also says that he married 'בת לוי'. Our sages said, "she is 130 years old and they call her בת? Rather, she miraculously looked young again. Openly it looked like he had married a young chickadee. Thus people could be instructed to get married again and he also could take back his wife who was really permited to him. At the same time, the seperation enabled them to hide Moshe.

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