Yehoshua, Eldad and Meidad
Upset that Eldad and Meidad prophesied before Moshe Rabbeinu, Yehoshua tells Moshe to imprison them, ruling in his rebbe’s presence, and is punished.
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Upset that Eldad and Meidad prophesied before Moshe Rabbeinu, Yehoshua tells Moshe to imprison them, ruling in his rebbe’s presence, and is punished.
Moshe Rabbeinu asks Hashem not to open Vayikra with words showing his greatness. Hashem agrees to write the aleph small, as a sign of Moshe’s humility.
Hillel had 80 students, some worthy of prophecy like Moshe Rabbeinu; the greatest, Yonasan ben Uziel, learned Torah so intensely that birds overhead were scorched.
Chur stands up to the people at the Golden Calf and is killed. Aharon HaKohen, fearing they would add a second murder, chooses to take part instead.
When Zimri and Kozbi publicly desecrate Hashem's name and Zimri questions Moshe, Pinchas consults Moshe, takes his sword from outside the Beis Midrash and kills them.
Barred from Eretz Yisrael, Moshe Rabbeinu still sets aside the three cities of refuge east of the Jordan, though they would not take effect in his lifetime.
Moshe Rabbeinu objects when Aharon's Rosh Chodesh offering is burned. Aharon explains the halachah, and Moshe openly admits he had heard it and forgotten.
The copper snake Moshe made to heal the Bnei Yisrael lasted 700 years until people worshipped it, and King Chizkiyahu destroyed what his righteous ancestors had left standing.