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Midrash Tanchuma
(Numb. 14:1:) “Then the whole congregation raised their voice [and cried].” This text is related (to Prov. 18:8), “The words of a murmurer are like mighty blows,40English translations usually render this unusual word as “delicacies” or something similar, but the meaning is uncertain. The present translation is derived from the context of the midrash. and they go down into the chambers of the belly.” Those words which the spies murmured against the Holy One, blessed be He, brought them misfortune for generations.41Numb. R. 16:20. As if they had not listened to the spies, they would not have been punished with them. Instead they acquiesced to them, as stated (in Deut. 1:27), “You sulked (teragnu) in your tents.” What is the meaning of “teragnu?” You sought the disgrace (TARtem GENUt) of the Land of Israel, which the Holy One, blessed be He, called a good land. This is comparable to a person who was a friend of the king, and the king chooses a fine item to give to him. [If] someone stood up and said to the friend that it is bad, would he not be saying [to the king], “You have not honored your friend properly?”
Bamidbar Rabbah
“The entire congregation raised and sounded their voice and the people wept that night” (Numbers 14:1).
“The entire congregation raised and sounded their voice” – this is what is written: “The words of a grumbler are like blows, and they descend into the chambers of the belly” (Proverbs 18:8). The matters that they grumbled after the Holy One blessed be He caused them great trouble, as had they not concurred with the spies, they would not have been stricken with them, but they followed them, as it is stated: “You grumbled [vateragenu] in your tents and said” (Deuteronomy 1:27). What is vateragenu? You sought the denigration [tartem genut] of the Land of Israel, which the Holy One blessed be He called “a good land.”
“The entire congregation raised and sounded their voice” – this is what the verse said: “It has raised its voice against Me; therefore, I hated it” (Jeremiah 12:8). That voice that you cried caused you to be hated. Regarding that generation, Isaiah said: “On the day of your planting you will flourish [tesagsegi] and in the morning your seed will blossom” (Isaiah 17:11). On the day that He said to implant you in the ground, you became dross [sigim].15Instead of being planted in the land and flourishing, you became like dross. “And in the morning your seed will blossom” – before the heat of the day arrived, you blossomed.16When the plant blossoms early, the heat of the day withers it. Your faith withered even before you entered the heat of battle waged to conquer the Land. “The harvest will be lost on a day of affliction” (Isaiah 17:11) – on the day that I moved to give you the inheritance of your ancestors, you became a disgrace for the world. “And acute agony” (Isaiah 17:11) – this is the calamity that you sent as an inheritance for the generations, as they wept on the eve of the Ninth of Av. The Holy One blessed be He said to them: ‘You wept a gratuitous weeping before Me, I will set it for you as weeping for the generations.’ From that moment, it was decreed that the Temple would be destroyed, so that Israel would be exiled among the nations, just as it says: “He raised His hand in their regard, to cast them down in the wilderness, and to cast their offspring among the nations and to scatter them among the lands” (Psalms 106:26–27). Raising the hand is corresponding to raising the voice.
“The entire congregation raised and sounded their voice” – this is what is written: “The words of a grumbler are like blows, and they descend into the chambers of the belly” (Proverbs 18:8). The matters that they grumbled after the Holy One blessed be He caused them great trouble, as had they not concurred with the spies, they would not have been stricken with them, but they followed them, as it is stated: “You grumbled [vateragenu] in your tents and said” (Deuteronomy 1:27). What is vateragenu? You sought the denigration [tartem genut] of the Land of Israel, which the Holy One blessed be He called “a good land.”
“The entire congregation raised and sounded their voice” – this is what the verse said: “It has raised its voice against Me; therefore, I hated it” (Jeremiah 12:8). That voice that you cried caused you to be hated. Regarding that generation, Isaiah said: “On the day of your planting you will flourish [tesagsegi] and in the morning your seed will blossom” (Isaiah 17:11). On the day that He said to implant you in the ground, you became dross [sigim].15Instead of being planted in the land and flourishing, you became like dross. “And in the morning your seed will blossom” – before the heat of the day arrived, you blossomed.16When the plant blossoms early, the heat of the day withers it. Your faith withered even before you entered the heat of battle waged to conquer the Land. “The harvest will be lost on a day of affliction” (Isaiah 17:11) – on the day that I moved to give you the inheritance of your ancestors, you became a disgrace for the world. “And acute agony” (Isaiah 17:11) – this is the calamity that you sent as an inheritance for the generations, as they wept on the eve of the Ninth of Av. The Holy One blessed be He said to them: ‘You wept a gratuitous weeping before Me, I will set it for you as weeping for the generations.’ From that moment, it was decreed that the Temple would be destroyed, so that Israel would be exiled among the nations, just as it says: “He raised His hand in their regard, to cast them down in the wilderness, and to cast their offspring among the nations and to scatter them among the lands” (Psalms 106:26–27). Raising the hand is corresponding to raising the voice.
Midrash Tanchuma Buber
(Numb. 14:1:) THEN THE WHOLE CONGREGATION RAISED <THEIR VOICE AND CRIED>…. This text is related (to Prov. 18:8): THE WORDS OF A MURMURER ARE LIKE MIGHTY BLOWS.46English tanslations usually render this unusual word as “delicacies” or something similar, but the meaning is uncertain. the present translation is derived from the context of the midrash. Those words which they murmured against the Holy One brought them misfortune for generations.47Tanh., Numb. 4:11; Numb. R. 16:20. Thus if they had not become like the spies, they would not have been punished with them. Instead they acquiesced with them, as stated (in Deut. 1:27): YOU MURMURED IN YOUR TENTS….