1)

?Ad Masai la?Eidah ha?Ra?ah ha?Zos?? Which 'Eidah' is Hashem referring to here?

1.

Rashi and Seforno: He is referring to the congregation 1 of the spies - who caused Yisrael to grumble against Hashem. 2

1

Rashi: And we learn from here that ten people are called an Eidah. See Torah Temimah, note 18.

2

Seforno: Because even though Hashem had forgiven Yisrael, as stated in Pasuk 20 (that they would not die immediately and all simultaneously), He did not forgive the spies themselves.

2)

Why does Hashem refer to them as 'Eidah'?

1.

Refer to 14:27:1:1*.

2.

Oznayim la'Torah: To increase their guilt - seeing as a Yachid who performs a Mitzvah or who sins cannot be compared to a Tzibur who performs a Mitzvaah or who sins. 1

1

See Oznayim la'Torah, who elaborates.

3)

What is the meaning of the latter half of the Pasuk - ?es Telunos ?. Shama?ati??

1.

Seforno: It means that, despite the fact that it was the spies who caused the people to complain, He heard their complaints, and was ready to implement them.

4)

Why was Hashem not willing to forgive the spies at all?

1.

Seforno: Because they were guilty of sinning and causing others to sin, as the Torah explains "asher Heimah Malinim alai".

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