Midrash for Numbers 13:26
וַיֵּלְכ֡וּ וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֨ה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֜ן וְאֶל־כָּל־עֲדַ֧ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶל־מִדְבַּ֥ר פָּארָ֖ן קָדֵ֑שָׁה וַיָּשִׁ֨יבוּ אוֹתָ֤ם דָּבָר֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה וַיַּרְא֖וּם אֶת־פְּרִ֥י הָאָֽרֶץ׃
And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
Bamidbar Rabbah
17 (Numb. 13:26-28) “Then they went and came unto Moses and unto Aaron…. And they recounted to him and said, ‘We came unto the land …. However [the people who dwell in the land] are strong….’”: Such is the way of those who recount slander. They open with what is good and finish with what is ill.
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Midrash Tanchuma Buber
(Numb. 13:26-28) THEN THEY WENT AND CAME <UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON>…. AND THEY RECOUNTED TO HIM AND SAID: WE CAME <UNTO THE LAND>…. HOWEVER <THE PEOPLE WHO DWELL IN THE LAND> ARE STRONG…. Such is the way of those who recount slander.41Tanh., Numb. 4:9, cont.; Numb. R. 16:17. They open with what is good and finish with what is ill.
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