Cytowanie Komentarza do Powtórzonego Prawa 9:23

The proof that this is a [binding] commandment is His saying, may He be exalted, regarding the incident of the spies: "Go up, possess, as the Lord... has spoken to you; fear not, nor be dismayed" (Deut. 1:21). And it says further: "And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying: 'Go up and possess the land which I have given you'" (Deut. 9:23). When they did not wish to go up, regarding this statement it is written: "And you rebelled against the word of the Lord" (Deut. 9:23), and likewise: *"You did not listen"—*this indicates that it is a commandment, not merely a promise or an assurance.

And Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra wrote that the meaning of the verse, And at Taberah, and at Massah etc.,¹⁴⁶Verse 22. The question is, why are these two places mentioned here together, when the offenses took place at different times — that in Massah, before they encamped at Sinai (Exodus 17:7) and that in Taberah, after they left Sinai (Numbers 11:1-3)? Besides, if they are to be mentioned together, then Massah, having occurred earlier, should have been mentioned first. Ibn Ezra answers that, since both offenses were of the same nature, Moses is saying that they acted in Taberah just as they had acted in Massah — they learned no lessons from their former experience. is that because at Taberah the people were as murmerers,¹⁴⁷Numbers 11:1. testing G-d with complaints, therefore Moses mentioned to them that “you angered G-d with the challenge of proving [His power] at Taberah just as you had already done another time at Massah¹⁴⁸Exodus 17:7. and you accepted no correction.”¹⁴⁹See Jeremiah 7:28. He [Ibn Ezra] explained it well. Behold, the sin of testing G-d is a great sin and of a serious nature, as he admonished against it, Ye shall not try the Eternal your G-d, as ye tried Him in Massah;¹⁵⁰Above, 6:16. therefore he cited it to them again here. So also he briefly mentioned to them once again the sin of the spies¹⁵¹Verse 23. because of the great sin it entailed, for with it he completed [this section], saying, Ye have been rebellious against the Eternal from the day I knew you.¹⁵²Verse 24. He stated from the day I knew you in order to allude to their murmurings before the Giving of the Torah.