Abarbanel on Torah, Deuteronomy 1:22:1
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Work: Abarbanel on Torah
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Abarbanel on Torah — Sefaria Community Translation
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Why did our master, Moshe, not want to inform them in this recounting how God, may He be blessed, commanded him about the sending [of the spies], with His saying, "Send spies for yourself, etc.?" Rather he attributed the thing to [the people] and to himself... And also why did he not recount the commands that our teacher, Moshe - peace be upon him - commanded the spies, that they should see the people, the land and the cities? And also why did he not present what the spies said, "it is a land that eats up its inhabitants?" The reason for all of this is that he was speaking with the second gene…
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- Abarbanel on Torah — Sefaria Community Translation
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- Public domain
- Reading language
- eng
- Source language
- eng
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- PARTIAL: all supplied nonempty community English leaves only; many Hebrew sections have no English counterpart.
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- Unverified edition; not Human Sealed
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