But he that did his neighbour wrong,.... Who seems to be the same person whom Moses had defended the day before; and, according to the Jews, must be Dathan : the samethrust him away; from them, when he went to part them, and persuade them to be good friends:saying, who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
which was very ungrateful, if he was the man he had delivered the day before; and very impertinent, since he did not take upon him to rule and judge, but only to exhort and persuade to peace and brotherly love: the language suits with the spirit of Dathan or Abiram; Nu 16:3 This is thought to be said to him by way of contempt of him, as being a very young man: the words are thus commented on in one of the ancient commentaries of the Jews ,"R.
Judah says, Moses was twenty years of age at that time: wherefore it was said to him, thou art not yet fit to be a prince and a judge over us, seeing one of forty years of age is a man of understanding.
And R. Nehemiah says, he was forty years of age; See Gill on "Ac 7:23" and it was said to him, truly thou art a man, but thou art not fit to be a prince and a judge over us: and the Rabbans say, he said to him, art thou not the son of Jochebed, though they call thee the son of Bithiah?
and dost thou seek to be a prince and a judge over us? it is known concerning thee what thou didst to the Egyptian.'' Targum Jon. in Exod. ii. 14. Debarim Rabba, sect. 2. fol. 237. 1.