What are the implications of ?Ani Hashem Dibarti!?
R. Bachye: ?This is an decree coupled wit an oath, and it cannot be rescinded. 1
Though it can be postponed ? as indeed it was through Moshe?s Tefilah of forty days.
What are the implications of ?Bamidbar ha?Zeh Yitamu??
R. Bachye: It implies that they will die in the desert ? but that they will not lose their portion in Olam ha?Ba. 1
Refer to 14:29:0.1:1 & 14:30:1:1**. Refer also to 14:35:1:2 and note 2.
What are the implications of the double expression "Yitamu ve'Sham Yamusu"?
Oznayim la'Torah: "Yitamu" refers to the current generation, who were destined to perish in the desert, and "ve'Sham Yamusu", to future generations, who would go into exile 'in the desert of the nations' - on account of the sin of the Meraglim. 1
Sanhedrin, 110b: It implies that the Dor ha'Midbar have no portion in Olam in Olam ha'Ba and will not arise on the day of judgement. 2
