כִּ֚י אִם־בֹּ֣א אַתָּ֔ה עֲשֵׂ֖ה חֲזַ֣ק לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה יַכְשִֽׁילְךָ֤ הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י אוֹיֵ֔ב כִּ֥י יֶשׁ־כֹּ֛חַ בֵּאלֹהִ֖ים לַעְז֥וֹר וּלְהַכְשִֽׁיל׃
Aber wenn du gehst und dich noch nie so tapfer in den Kampf verwickelst, wird Gott dich vor dem Feind niederwerfen. denn Gott hat die Kraft zu helfen und niederzuwerfen.'
Ramban
AND WHY DOTH THE ETERNAL BRING US UNTO THIS LAND, TO FALL BY THE SWORD? OUR WIVES AND OUR LITTLE ONES WILL BE A PREY. They did not mention the false report [of the spies] about the Land, saying that the Land miscarrieth73II Kings 2:19. and is bad, because the people hid this statement [of the spies] from Moses, since the delegates themselves had not said so when they brought back word to him and to all the congregation,86Above, 13:26. for Moses and Aaron would have testified against them that they spoke falsely. The spies themselves hid this from Moses, fully realizing that he knew the nature of the Land from Egypt and Midian which are near to it, as I have explained.87At the beginning of this Seder. Therefore the spies [only] told the people this evil report in their tents, in a secretive manner.
Now Moses said in the Book of Deuteronomy: And they brought us back word, and said: ‘Good is the Land which the Eternal our G-d giveth unto us.’ Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Eternal your G-d.88Deuteronomy 1:25-26. The meaning thereof is that the spies did [indeed] tell Moses and Aaron and all the congregation that the Land is good,88Deuteronomy 1:25-26. and surely it floweth with milk and honey,89Above, 13:27. and the people rebelled against the commandment of the Eternal in not wanting to go up because of the statement [of the spies] that the people that dwell in the Land are fierce90Ibid., Verse 28. — for G-d hath power to help, and to cast down,91II Chronicles 25:8. as is stated clearly there, The Eternal your G-d Who goeth before you, He shall fight for you.92Deuteronomy 1:30. Therefore, since there was nothing to deter them [in the Land itself] except for the strength of the people, they should have trusted in the Name of G-d, for the battle is the Eternal’s.93I Samuel 17:47. And we do not have to say [as does Rashi] that Moses said this [And ‘they’ brought us back word, and said, ‘Good is the Land etc.’] only about Joshua and Caleb, for why should the people listen to two [spies] and not believe [the report of] the ten!94But according to Ramban, even the ten spies only spread an evil report about the Land in the people’s tents, secretly, but in the presence of Moses they all spoke well about it. Hence the word they in the verse, and ‘they’ brought us back word, and said: ‘Good is the Land etc.’ (Deuteronomy 1:25) refers to all the spies. Moreover it says there [in Deuteronomy 1: 23]: and I took twelve men of you, and it is with reference to [all twelve of] them that he [Moses] said, and they brought us back word.95Ibid.
Now Moses said in the Book of Deuteronomy: And they brought us back word, and said: ‘Good is the Land which the Eternal our G-d giveth unto us.’ Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Eternal your G-d.88Deuteronomy 1:25-26. The meaning thereof is that the spies did [indeed] tell Moses and Aaron and all the congregation that the Land is good,88Deuteronomy 1:25-26. and surely it floweth with milk and honey,89Above, 13:27. and the people rebelled against the commandment of the Eternal in not wanting to go up because of the statement [of the spies] that the people that dwell in the Land are fierce90Ibid., Verse 28. — for G-d hath power to help, and to cast down,91II Chronicles 25:8. as is stated clearly there, The Eternal your G-d Who goeth before you, He shall fight for you.92Deuteronomy 1:30. Therefore, since there was nothing to deter them [in the Land itself] except for the strength of the people, they should have trusted in the Name of G-d, for the battle is the Eternal’s.93I Samuel 17:47. And we do not have to say [as does Rashi] that Moses said this [And ‘they’ brought us back word, and said, ‘Good is the Land etc.’] only about Joshua and Caleb, for why should the people listen to two [spies] and not believe [the report of] the ten!94But according to Ramban, even the ten spies only spread an evil report about the Land in the people’s tents, secretly, but in the presence of Moses they all spoke well about it. Hence the word they in the verse, and ‘they’ brought us back word, and said: ‘Good is the Land etc.’ (Deuteronomy 1:25) refers to all the spies. Moreover it says there [in Deuteronomy 1: 23]: and I took twelve men of you, and it is with reference to [all twelve of] them that he [Moses] said, and they brought us back word.95Ibid.