1)
What was the gist of Hashem's answer?
1.
Rashi (according to the Ramban): 'I will only erase from the Torah those who sinned - and you did not sin!' 1
2.
Ramban #1 (citing Ibn Ezra): "I will not ease you! I will erase those who sinned in thought and were not killed by the plague. 2
3.
Ramban #2: 'I will erase the sinner from the Book of Life, but not you, since you did not sin!'
4.
Oznayim la'Torah: Even if it would be possible to erase Moshe's merits, what was at stake here was not Yisrael's lack of merits but the sin if the Eigel, and it is not possible to transfer the sins of Yisrael on to Moshe's name.
