ותשא כל העדה וגו' (שם יד א). זש"ה דברי נרגן כמתלהמים (משלי יח ח), דברים שרגנו אחר הקב"ה הם גרמו להם צרה לדורות, שאילו לא נשתוו למרגלים לא היו לוקין עמהם, אלא השלימו עמהם, שנאמר ותרגנו באהליכם וגו' (דברים א כז).
(Numb. 14:1:) THEN THE WHOLE CONGREGATION RAISED <THEIR VOICE AND CRIED>…. This text is related (to Prov. 18:8): THE WORDS OF A MURMURER ARE LIKE MIGHTY BLOWS.46English tanslations usually render this unusual word as “delicacies” or something similar, but the meaning is uncertain. the present translation is derived from the context of the midrash. Those words which they murmured against the Holy One brought them misfortune for generations.47Tanh., Numb. 4:11; Numb. R. 16:20. Thus if they had not become like the spies, they would not have been punished with them. Instead they acquiesced with them, as stated (in Deut. 1:27): YOU MURMURED IN YOUR TENTS….
ותשא כל העדה וגו' (שם יד א). זש"ה דברי נרגן כמתלהמים (משלי יח ח), דברים שרגנו אחר הקב"ה הם גרמו להם צרה לדורות, שאילו לא נשתוו למרגלים לא היו לוקין עמהם, אלא השלימו עמהם, שנאמר ותרגנו באהליכם וגו' (דברים א כז).
(Numb. 14:1:) THEN THE WHOLE CONGREGATION RAISED <THEIR VOICE AND CRIED>…. This text is related (to Prov. 18:8): THE WORDS OF A MURMURER ARE LIKE MIGHTY BLOWS.46English tanslations usually render this unusual word as “delicacies” or something similar, but the meaning is uncertain. the present translation is derived from the context of the midrash. Those words which they murmured against the Holy One brought them misfortune for generations.47Tanh., Numb. 4:11; Numb. R. 16:20. Thus if they had not become like the spies, they would not have been punished with them. Instead they acquiesced with them, as stated (in Deut. 1:27): YOU MURMURED IN YOUR TENTS….