Moses's Transgression of Land

Sifrei Devarim 25:1

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

(Devarim 1:28) "Whither are we going up? Our brothers have melted our hearts, saying, etc.": They said to him: Moses, our teacher, if we had heard such words from others, we would not believe them, but (we heard them) from those whose sons are our sons, and whose daughters are our daughters!

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