(Devarim 32:51) ("And die") "because of your having trespassed against Me": i.e., you led to a trespass against Me." "because of your not having sanctified Me": i.e., you led to a transgression of My word:
The Holy One Blessed be He said to him: Moses, did I not tell you (Shemoth 4:17) "And you shall take this rod in your hand, wherewith you shall do the signs"? And you did so, and did not hold back, viz. (Ibid. 30) "And he did the signs in the sight of the people" — then speaking (to the rock), which is (relatively) a light matter, you should not have held back. And he did not depart from there until He "bound him in His wings" (i.e., until he died), viz. (Bamidbar 20:12) "Therefore, you shall not bring this congregation into the land, etc."
(דברים לב נא) עַל אֲשֶׁר מְעַלְתֶּם בִּי, אַתֶּם גְּרַמְתֶּם לִמְעֹל בִּי. עַל אֲשֶׁר לֹא קִדַּשְׁתֶּם אוֹתִי, אַתֶּם גְּרַמְתֶּם שֶׁלֹּא לְקַדֵּשׁ אוֹתִי. (במדבר כז יד) כַּאֲשֶׁר מְרִיתֶם פִּי, אַתֶּם גְּרַמְתֶּם לַמְרוֹת פִּי.
(Devarim 32:51) ("And die") "because of your having trespassed against Me": i.e., you led to a trespass against Me." "because of your not having sanctified Me": i.e., you led to a transgression of My word:
אָמַר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְמֹשֶׁה: לֹא כָּךְ אָמַרְתִּי לְךָ (שמות ד ב): ״מַה זֶּה בְיָדֶךָ״ (שם ג) ״הַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ אַרְצָה״, וְהִשְׁלַכְתָּ, מָה אוֹתוֹת שֶׁבְּיָדְךָ לֹא עִכַּבְתָּה, דָּבָר הַקַּל הַזֶּה הָיָה לְךָ לְעַכְּבוֹ. וּמִנַּיִן שֶׁלֹּא נִפְטַר מִן הָעוֹלָם עַד שֶׁצְּרָרָהּ לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בִּכְנָפָיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר כ יב): ״לָכֵן לֹא תָבִיאוּ אֶת הַקָּהָל הַזֶּה״.
The Holy One Blessed be He said to him: Moses, did I not tell you (Shemoth 4:17) "And you shall take this rod in your hand, wherewith you shall do the signs"? And you did so, and did not hold back, viz. (Ibid. 30) "And he did the signs in the sight of the people" — then speaking (to the rock), which is (relatively) a light matter, you should not have held back. And he did not depart from there until He "bound him in His wings" (i.e., until he died), viz. (Bamidbar 20:12) "Therefore, you shall not bring this congregation into the land, etc."