Why the Spies Walked Unseen Through the Cities of Canaan

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Sh'lach 13:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

(Numbers 13:21:) "SO THEY WENT UP AND EXPLORED THE LAND." How? Whenever they entered a city, the plague would strike down the great ones, and the people of the city were occupied with burying them; so the spies would enter, and no creature would see them. Therefore they said (Numbers 13:32): "THE LAND THROUGH WHICH WE PASSED..." [is a land that devours its inhabitants]. Through the very miracles that the Holy One, blessed be He, performed for them, they brought forth an evil report.

Themes

MiraclesAdam EveConversionBlessing

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