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Chapter 14
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1The whole community broke into loud cries, and the people wept that night.
va-ti-SA kol HA-ay-DAH va-yi-t'-NU et ko-LAM va-yiv-KU ha-AM ba-LAI-lah ha-HU
אוַתִּשָּׂא֙ כׇּל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה וַֽיִּתְּנ֖וּ אֶת־קוֹלָ֑ם וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ הָעָ֖ם בַּלַּ֥יְלָה הַהֽוּא׃
14:1 And the people wept that night
Mourning the desctuction of the Beit Hamikdash on the 9th of Av
The Sages explain that Hashem intentionally selected the ninth day of the month of Av as the day upon which both the first and second Temples would be destroyed. According to Jewish tradition, this is because it was on this day that the twelve spies returned from their mission to scout out Eretz Yisrael. As reported in the coming verses, following their pessimistic and libelous report, the people cried out to God in fear: “If only we had died in the land of Egypt… or if only we might die in this wilderness! Why is Hashem taking us to that land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be carried off! It would be better for us to go back to Egypt!” (Numbers 14:2-3). The Talmud (Taanit 29a) records that Hashem reprimanded the people for their lack of faith and said: “As you cried on the ninth of Av for no reason, this day will become a day of crying for all future generations.” The events surrounding the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash are linked back to the biblical account of the twelve spies, to illustrate that all of Jewish history is inexorably interwoven, and is the unfolding of Hashem’s plan. We must never forget that one of the keys to the rebuilding of the Beit Hamikdash and the heralding in of the Messianic Era is our unquestioning trust in God, and appreciation of Eretz Yisrael.
2All the Israelites railed against Moshe and Aharon. “If only we had died in the land of Egypt,” the whole community shouted at them, “or if only we might die in this wilderness!
vai-YI-lo-NU al mo-SHEH v'-al a-ha-RON, kol b'-NAY yis-ra-AYL, vai-YO-mer-U a-LE-hem, kol ha-e-DAH, lu-mat-NU b'-E-retz mitz-RA-yim, o ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH, lu-mat-NU.
בוַיִּלֹּ֙נוּ֙ עַל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹ֔ן כֹּ֖ל בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֲלֵהֶ֜ם כׇּל־הָעֵדָ֗ה לוּ־מַ֙תְנוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם א֛וֹ בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה לוּ־מָֽתְנוּ׃
3Why is Hashem taking us to that land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be carried off! It would be better for us to go back to Egypt!”
v'-la-MA y'-ho-VA may-VEE o-TA-nu el ha-A-rets ha-ZOT lin-POL ba-KHE-rev na-SHE-nu v'-ta-PE-nu yi-HU lu-BAZ ha-LO tov la-NU shuv mitz-ra-YE-ma
גוְלָמָ֣ה יְ֠הֹוָ֠ה מֵבִ֨יא אֹתָ֜נוּ אֶל־הָאָ֤רֶץ הַזֹּאת֙ לִנְפֹּ֣ל בַּחֶ֔רֶב נָשֵׁ֥ינוּ וְטַפֵּ֖נוּ יִהְי֣וּ לָבַ֑ז הֲל֧וֹא ט֦וֹב לָ֖נוּ שׁ֥וּב מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃
4And they said to one another, “Let us head back for Egypt.”
va-yo-MRU eesh el-a-KHEEV ni-t'-NAH rosh v'-na-SHU-vah mitz-ra-YE-mah
דוַיֹּאמְר֖וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־אָחִ֑יו נִתְּנָ֥ה רֹ֖אשׁ וְנָשׁ֥וּבָה מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃
5Then Moshe and Aharon fell on their faces before all the assembled congregation of the Israelites.
vai-YI-pol MO-sheh v'-a-ha-RON al p'-NE-hem lif-NEI kol k'-HAL a-da-at b'-NAY yis-ra-AYL
הוַיִּפֹּ֥ל מֹשֶׁ֛ה וְאַהֲרֹ֖ן עַל־פְּנֵיהֶ֑ם לִפְנֵ֕י כׇּל־קְהַ֥ל עֲדַ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
6And Yehoshua son of Nun and Kalev son of Jephunneh, of those who had scouted the land, rent their clothes
v'-yo-SHU-a ben-NU-n u-KHA-lev ben-y'-fu-NEH min ha-ta-REEM et ha-A-retz ka-RE-u bi-g'-DE-hem
ווִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ בִּן־נ֗וּן וְכָלֵב֙ בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּ֔ה מִן־הַתָּרִ֖ים אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ קָרְע֖וּ בִּגְדֵיהֶֽם׃
7and exhorted the whole Israelite community: “The land that we traversed and scouted is an exceedingly good land.
va-YO-m'-RU el kol a-DAT b'-nay yis-ra-AYL lay-MOR ha-A-retz a-SHER a-VAR-nu VAH la-TUR o-TAH to-VAH ha-A-retz m'-OD m'-OD
זוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֶל־כׇּל־עֲדַ֥ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָבַ֤רְנוּ בָהּ֙ לָת֣וּר אֹתָ֔הּ טוֹבָ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ מְאֹ֥ד מְאֹֽד׃
14:7-8 If Hashem is pleased with us
After the negative report of ten of the twelve spies, Kalev responds by saying that if Hashem desires that the People of Israel live in Eretz Yisrael, He will make sure that they will inherit it, despite the many obstacles. Hashem desired to give the land to His chosen nation then, and He desires for them to have it now. There are certainly deterrents from living in, and loving, the land of Israel. For example, it is surrounded by hostile neighbors and there are constant security threats. Nevertheless, God has returned the land to the Children of Israel. Let us not repeat the mistake of the ten spies by minimizing God’s great gift to our generation.
8If Hashem is pleased with us, He will bring us into that land, a land that flows with milk and honey, and give it to us;
im kha-FAYTZ BA-nu a-do-NAI v'-hay-VEE o-TA-nu el ha-A-retz ha-ZOT u-n'-ta-NAH LA-nu E-retz a-sher HEE za-VAT kha-LAV u-d'-VASH
חאִם־חָפֵ֥ץ בָּ֙נוּ֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה וְהֵבִ֤יא אֹתָ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את וּנְתָנָ֖הּ לָ֑נוּ אֶ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־הִ֛וא זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָֽשׁ׃
9only you must not rebel against Hashem. Have no fear then of the people of the country, for they are our prey: their protection has departed from them, but Hashem is with us. Have no fear of them!”
AKH ba-do-NAI al-tim-RO-du, v'-A-TEM al-ti-RE-u et-am ha-A-retz, KI lakh-MAY-nu HEM, sar tzi-LAM me-a-LE-hem, va-do-NAI i-TA-nu al-ti-ra-UM
טאַ֣ךְ בַּיהֹוָה֮ אַל־תִּמְרֹ֒דוּ֒ וְאַתֶּ֗ם אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ֙ אֶת־עַ֣ם הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י לַחְמֵ֖נוּ הֵ֑ם סָ֣ר צִלָּ֧ם מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֛ם וַֽיהֹוָ֥ה אִתָּ֖נוּ אַל־תִּירָאֻֽם׃
10As the whole community threatened to pelt them with stones, the Presence of Hashem appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the Israelites.
va-YO-meru kol-ha-E-da li-r'-GOM o-TAM ba-a-va-NEEM u-ko-VOD a-do-NAI nir-AH b'-o-HEL mo-ED el kol b'-NAY yis-ra-AYL.
יוַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ כׇּל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה לִרְגּ֥וֹם אֹתָ֖ם בָּאֲבָנִ֑ים וּכְב֣וֹד יְהֹוָ֗ה נִרְאָה֙ בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד אֶֽל־כׇּל־בְּנֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
11And Hashem said to Moshe, “How long will this people spurn Me, and how long will they have no faith in Me despite all the signs that I have performed in their midst?
vai-YO-mer a-do-NAI el mo-SHEH, ad a-NAH ye-na-a-TZU-nee ha-AM ha-ZEH, v'-ad a-NAH lo ya-a-MI-nu v'-ee b'-KOL ha-o-TOT a-SHER a-SEE-tee b'-kir-BO
יאוַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה עַד־אָ֥נָה יְנַאֲצֻ֖נִי הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה וְעַד־אָ֙נָה֙ לֹא־יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ בִ֔י בְּכֹל֙ הָֽאֹת֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתִי בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃
12I will strike them with pestilence and disown them, and I will make of you a nation far more numerous than they!”
a-KHE-nu va-DE-ver v'-o-ri-SHE-nu v'-e-a-SEH o-T'-kha l'-goi-GA-dol v'-a-TZUM mi-ME-nu
יבאַכֶּ֥נּוּ בַדֶּ֖בֶר וְאוֹרִשֶׁ֑נּוּ וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה֙ אֹֽתְךָ֔ לְגוֹי־גָּד֥וֹל וְעָצ֖וּם מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃
13But Moshe said to Hashem, “When the Egyptians, from whose midst You brought up this people in Your might, hear the news,
vai-YO-mer mo-SHE el a-do-NAI, v'-sham-U mitz-RA-yim, kee he-e-LEE-ta v'-kho-KHA et ha-AHM ha-ZEH mi-ki-RA-VO
יגוַיֹּ֥אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֖ה אֶל־יְהֹוָ֑ה וְשָׁמְע֣וּ מִצְרַ֔יִם כִּֽי־הֶעֱלִ֧יתָ בְכֹחֲךָ֛ אֶת־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה מִקִּרְבּֽוֹ׃
14they will tell it to the inhabitants of that land. Now they have heard that You, Hashem, are in the midst of this people; that You, Hashem, appear in plain sight when Your cloud rests over them and when You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
v'-a-m'-RU el yo-SHAYV ha-A-retz ha-ZOT, sha-MU ki a-TAH a-do-NAI b'-KE-rev ha-AM ha-ZEH, a-SHER a-YIN b'-a-YIN nir-AH, a-TAH a-do-NAI va-a-NA-ne-KHA o-MED a-LE-hem, u-v'-a-MUD a-NA-nan a-TAH ho-LEKH lif-NE-hem yo-MAM, u-v'-a-MUD aysh la-y'-LAH.
ידוְאָמְר֗וּ אֶל־יוֹשֵׁב֮ הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּאת֒ שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה יְהֹוָ֔ה בְּקֶ֖רֶב הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה אֲשֶׁר־עַ֨יִן בְּעַ֜יִן נִרְאָ֣ה ׀ אַתָּ֣ה יְהֹוָ֗ה וַעֲנָֽנְךָ֙ עֹמֵ֣ד עֲלֵהֶ֔ם וּבְעַמֻּ֣ד עָנָ֗ן אַתָּ֨ה הֹלֵ֤ךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם֙ יוֹמָ֔ם וּבְעַמּ֥וּד אֵ֖שׁ לָֽיְלָה׃
15If then You slay this people to a man, the nations who have heard Your fame will say,
v'-he-ma-TAH et-ha-AHM ha-ZEH k'-EESH e-KHAD v'-a-M'-RU ha-go-YIM a-SHER sha-M'-U et-shim-a-KHA lay-MOR
טווְהֵמַתָּ֛ה אֶת־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה כְּאִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֑ד וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמְע֥וּ אֶֽת־שִׁמְעֲךָ֖ לֵאמֹֽר׃
16‘It must be because Hashem was powerless to bring that people into the land He had promised them on oath that He slaughtered them in the wilderness.'
mi-bil-TI y'-KHO-let a-do-NAI l'-ha-VEE et-ha-AM ha-ZEH el ha-A-retz a-SHER nish-BA la-HEM va-yish-KHA-tem ba-mid-BAR
טזמִבִּלְתִּ֞י יְכֹ֣לֶת יְהֹוָ֗ה לְהָבִיא֙ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֣ע לָהֶ֑ם וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֖ם בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃
17Therefore, I pray, let my Lord's forbearance be great, as You have declared, saying,
v'-a-TAH yig-DAL-NA ko-ACH a-do-NAI ka-a-SHER di-BAR-ta lay-MOR
יזוְעַתָּ֕ה יִגְדַּל־נָ֖א כֹּ֣חַ אֲדֹנָ֑י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ לֵאמֹֽר׃
18‘Hashem! slow to anger and abounding in kindness; forgiving iniquity and transgression; yet not remitting all punishment, but visiting the iniquity of fathers upon children, upon the third and fourth generations.'
a-do-NAI e-REKH a-PA-yim v'-RAV khe-SED no-SAY a-VON va-FA-sha v'-na-KEH lo y'-na-KEH po-KAYD a-VON a-VOT al ba-NEEM al shi-LE-shim v'-al ri-BAY-eem
יחיְהֹוָ֗ה אֶ֤רֶךְ אַפַּ֙יִם֙ וְרַב־חֶ֔סֶד נֹשֵׂ֥א עָוֺ֖ן וָפָ֑שַׁע וְנַקֵּה֙ לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֔ה פֹּקֵ֞ד עֲוֺ֤ן אָבוֹת֙ עַל־בָּנִ֔ים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֖ים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִֽים׃
19Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to Your great kindness, as You have forgiven this people ever since Egypt.”
s'-lakh-NA la-a-VON ha-AM ha-ZEH k'-go-DEL khas-DE-kha v'-ka-a-SHER na-SA-ta la-AM ha-ZEH mi-mitz-RA-yim v'-ad-h'-NAH
יטסְלַֽח־נָ֗א לַעֲוֺ֛ן הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה כְּגֹ֣דֶל חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֤ר נָשָׂ֙אתָה֙ לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם וְעַד־הֵֽנָּה׃
20And Hashem said, “I pardon, as you have asked.
va-YO-mer a-do-NAI sa-LAkh-tee kid-va-RE-kha
כוַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהֹוָ֔ה סָלַ֖חְתִּי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃
21Nevertheless, as I live and as Hashem's Presence fills the whole world,
v'-u-LAM khai-a-NEE, v'-yi-ma-LEH k'-vod a-do-NAI et-KOL ha-A-retz
כאוְאוּלָ֖ם חַי־אָ֑נִי וְיִמָּלֵ֥א כְבוֹד־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶת־כׇּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
22none of the men who have seen My Presence and the signs that I have performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, and who have tried Me these many times and have disobeyed Me,
ki kol-ha-a-na-SHEEM ha-ro-EEM et-k'-vo-DEE v'-et-o-TOTAI a-SHER-a-SEE-tee b'-mitz-RA-yim u-va-mid-BAR va-ye-na-SU o-TEE zeh e-SEER p'-a-MEEM v'-lo sha-MU b'-ko-LEE
כבכִּ֣י כׇל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הָרֹאִ֤ים אֶת־כְּבֹדִי֙ וְאֶת־אֹ֣תֹתַ֔י אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֥יתִי בְמִצְרַ֖יִם וּבַמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַיְנַסּ֣וּ אֹתִ֗י זֶ֚ה עֶ֣שֶׂר פְּעָמִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ בְּקוֹלִֽי׃
23shall see the land that I promised on oath to their fathers; none of those who spurn Me shall see it.
im-yi-RE-u et-ha-A-retz a-SHER nish-BA-ti la-a-vo-TAM v'-kol-m'-na-a-TZAI lo yi-RE-u-HA
כגאִם־יִרְאוּ֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי לַאֲבֹתָ֑ם וְכׇל־מְנַאֲצַ֖י לֹ֥א יִרְאֽוּהָ׃
24But My servant Kalev, because he was imbued with a different spirit and remained loyal to Me—him will I bring into the land that he entered, and his offspring shall hold it as a possession.
v'-av-DI kha-LEV, E-KEV ha-Y'-ta ROO-akh a-KHE-ret i-MO, va-y'-ma-LAY a-kha-RAI, va-ha-vee-o-TEEV el ha-A-retz a-SHER-BA sha-MA, v'-zar-O yo-RI-she-NAH
כדוְעַבְדִּ֣י כָלֵ֗ב עֵ֣קֶב הָֽיְתָ֞ה ר֤וּחַ אַחֶ֙רֶת֙ עִמּ֔וֹ וַיְמַלֵּ֖א אַחֲרָ֑י וַהֲבִֽיאֹתִ֗יו אֶל־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣א שָׁ֔מָּה וְזַרְע֖וֹ יוֹרִשֶֽׁנָּה׃
25Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites occupy the valleys. Start out, then, tomorrow and march into the wilderness by way of the Sea of Reeds.”
v'-ha-a-ma-LE-ki v'-ha-k'-na-a-NEE yo-SHEV ba-E-mek ma-KHAR p'-NU u-s'-U la-KHEM ha-mid-BAR DE-rekh yam-SUF.
כהוְהָעֲמָֽלֵקִ֥י וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בָּעֵ֑מֶק מָחָ֗ר פְּנ֨וּ וּסְע֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר דֶּ֥רֶךְ יַם־סֽוּף׃
26Hashem spoke further to Moshe and Aharon,
va-y'-da-BAYR a-do-NAI el mo-SHEH v'-el a-ha-RON lay-MOR
כווַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֖ן לֵאמֹֽר׃
27“How much longer shall that wicked community keep muttering against Me? Very well, I have heeded the incessant muttering of the Israelites against Me.
ad-ma-TAI la-e-DA ha-ra-AH ha-ZOT a-SHER heM-ma ma-LEE-neem a-LAI et-te-lu-NOT b'-NAY yis-ra-AYL a-SHER heM-ma ma-LEE-neem a-LAI sha-ma-TI
כזעַד־מָתַ֗י לָעֵדָ֤ה הָֽרָעָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥מָּה מַלִּינִ֖ים עָלָ֑י אֶת־תְּלֻנּ֞וֹת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵ֧מָּה מַלִּינִ֛ים עָלַ֖י שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃
28Say to them: ‘As I live,' says Hashem, ‘I will do to you just as you have urged Me.
e-MOR a-LE-hem kha-ee a-NEE, ne-UM a-do-NAI, im-LO ka-a-SHER di-BAR-TEM b'-o-Z'-NAI, KEN e-a-SEH la-KHEM
כחאֱמֹ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם חַי־אָ֙נִי֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה אִם־לֹ֕א כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּרְתֶּ֖ם בְּאׇזְנָ֑י כֵּ֖ן אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃
29In this very wilderness shall your carcasses drop. Of all of you who were recorded in your various lists from the age of twenty years up, you who have muttered against Me,
ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH yi-p'-LU fig-re-KHEM v'-kol p'-ku-DE-khem l'-kol mis-pa-r-KHEM mi-ben es-ree-YIM sha-NAH va-ma-a-LAH a-SHER ha-lee-NO-TEM a-LAI
כטבַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר הַ֠זֶּ֠ה יִפְּל֨וּ פִגְרֵיכֶ֜ם וְכׇל־פְּקֻדֵיכֶם֙ לְכׇל־מִסְפַּרְכֶ֔ם מִבֶּ֛ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וָמָ֑עְלָה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֲלִֽינֹתֶ֖ם עָלָֽי׃
30not one shall enter the land in which I swore to settle you—save Kalev son of Jephunneh and Yehoshua son of Nun.
im-a-TEM ta-VO-u el ha-A-retz a-SHER na-SA-tee et ya-DEE l'-sha-KHEN et-KHEM BAH, KEE im-ka-LEV ben-y'-fu-NEH vi-y'-ho-SHU-a ben-NUUN.
לאִם־אַתֶּם֙ תָּבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָשָׂ֙אתִי֙ אֶת־יָדִ֔י לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּ֑הּ כִּ֚י אִם־כָּלֵ֣ב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּ֔ה וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ בִּן־נֽוּן׃
31Your children who, you said, would be carried off—these will I allow to enter; they shall know the land that you have rejected.
v'-ta-P'-KHEM a-SHER a-MAR-TEM la-VAZ yi-HE-yeh, v'-he-vee-TEE o-TAM v'-ya-d'-U et ha-A-retz a-SHER m'-as-TEM BAH
לאוְטַ֨פְּכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם לָבַ֣ז יִהְיֶ֑ה וְהֵבֵיאתִ֣י אֹתָ֔ם וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר מְאַסְתֶּ֖ם בָּֽהּ׃
32But your carcasses shall drop in this wilderness,
u-fi-g'-RAY-khem a-TEM yi-p'-LU ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH
לבוּפִגְרֵיכֶ֖ם אַתֶּ֑ם יִפְּל֖וּ בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃
33while your children roam the wilderness for forty years, suffering for your faithlessness, until the last of your carcasses is down in the wilderness.
u-v'-nei-KHEM y'-HI-yu ro-IM ba-mid-BAR ar-BA-eem sha-NAH v'-na-s'-U et z'-nu-tei-KHEM ad-TOM pig-rei-KHEM ba-mid-BAR
לגוּ֠בְנֵיכֶ֠ם יִהְי֨וּ רֹעִ֤ים בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וְנָשְׂא֖וּ אֶת־זְנוּתֵיכֶ֑ם עַד־תֹּ֥ם פִּגְרֵיכֶ֖ם בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃
34You shall bear your punishment for forty years, corresponding to the number of days—forty days—that you scouted the land: a year for each day. Thus you shall know what it means to thwart Me.
b'-mis-PAHR ha-YA-meem a-SHER tar-TEM et ha-A-retz ar-BA-eem YOM, YOM la-sha-NAH, YOM la-sha-NAH tis-U et a-vo-NOT-khem ar-BA-eem sha-NAH, vi-da-TEM et t'-nu-AH-tee
לדבְּמִסְפַּ֨ר הַיָּמִ֜ים אֲשֶׁר־תַּרְתֶּ֣ם אֶת־הָאָ֘רֶץ֮ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים יוֹם֒ י֣וֹם לַשָּׁנָ֞ה י֣וֹם לַשָּׁנָ֗ה תִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת־עֲוֺנֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם אַרְבָּעִ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־תְּנוּאָתִֽי׃
35I Hashem have spoken: Thus will I do to all that wicked band that has banded together against Me: in this very wilderness they shall die to the last man.'”
a-NEE a-do-NAI di-BAR-tee, im-LO zot e-a-SEH l'-KOL ha-e-DA ha-ra-AH ha-ZOT ha-no-a-DEEM a-LAI ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH yi-ta-MU v'-SHAM ya-MU-tu
להאֲנִ֣י יְהֹוָה֮ דִּבַּ֒רְתִּי֒ אִם־לֹ֣א ׀ זֹ֣את אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֗ה לְכׇל־הָעֵדָ֤ה הָֽרָעָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את הַנּוֹעָדִ֖ים עָלָ֑י בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר הַזֶּ֛ה יִתַּ֖מּוּ וְשָׁ֥ם יָמֻֽתוּ׃
36As for the men whom Moshe sent to scout the land, those who came back and caused the whole community to mutter against him by spreading calumnies about the land—
v'-ha-a-na-SHEEM a-SHER sha-LAK mo-SHEH la-TUR et ha-A-retz va-ya-SHU-vu (vai-l'-NU) [va-yal-LI-nu] a-LAV et-KOL ha-E-da l'-ho-TZI d'-VAH al ha-A-retz
לווְהָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֥ח מֹשֶׁ֖ה לָת֣וּר אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּשֻׁ֗בוּ (וילונו) [וַיַּלִּ֤ינוּ] עָלָיו֙ אֶת־כׇּל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה לְהוֹצִ֥יא דִבָּ֖ה עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
37those who spread such calumnies about the land died of plague, by the will of Hashem.
vai-ya-mu-TU ha-a-na-SHEEM mo-tzi-AY di-BAT ha-A-retz ra-AH ba-ma-GE-fa li-f'-NEI a-do-NAI
לזוַיָּמֻ֙תוּ֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים מוֹצִאֵ֥י דִבַּת־הָאָ֖רֶץ רָעָ֑ה בַּמַּגֵּפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃
38Of those men who had gone to scout the land, only Yehoshua son of Nun and Kalev son of Jephunneh survived.
vi-y'-ho-SHU-a ben-NU-n v'-ka-LEV ben-y'-fu-NEH, kha-YU min ha-a-na-SHEEM ha-hem ha-hol-kheem la-TUR et-ha-A-retz.
לחוִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ בִּן־נ֔וּן וְכָלֵ֖ב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּ֑ה חָיוּ֙ מִן־הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם הַהֹֽלְכִ֖ים לָת֥וּר אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
39When Moshe repeated these words to all the Israelites, the people were overcome by grief.
vai-da-BAYR mo-SHEH et ha-d'-va-RIM ha-E-leh el kol b'-NAY yis-ra-AYL va-yi-ta-AB-lu ha-AM m'-OD
לטוַיְדַבֵּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֶֽל־כׇּל־בְּנֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּֽתְאַבְּל֥וּ הָעָ֖ם מְאֹֽד׃
40Early next morning they set out toward the crest of the hill country, saying, “We are prepared to go up to the place that Hashem has spoken of, for we were wrong.”
vai-yash-KI-mu va-BO-ker, vai-ya-a-LU el rosh ha-HAR, lay-MOR: hi-NE-nu, v'-a-LI-nu el ha-MA-kom, a-SHER a-MAR a-do-NAI, KI cha-TA-nu.
מוַיַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּ בַבֹּ֔קֶר וַיַּֽעֲל֥וּ אֶל־רֹאשׁ־הָהָ֖ר לֵאמֹ֑ר הִנֶּ֗נּוּ וְעָלִ֛ינוּ אֶל־הַמָּק֛וֹם אֲשֶׁר־אָמַ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃
41But Moshe said, “Why do you transgress Hashem's command? This will not succeed.
vai-YO-mer mo-SHEH la-MA ze a-TEM o-ve-REEM et-PI a-do-NAI v'-HEE lo titz-LAKH
מאוַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֛ה אַתֶּ֥ם עֹבְרִ֖ים אֶת־פִּ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וְהִ֖וא לֹ֥א תִצְלָֽח׃
42Do not go up, lest you be routed by your enemies, for Hashem is not in your midst.
al-ta-a-LU, KEE AYN a-do-NAI b'-kir-B'-KHEM, v'-LO ti-NA-g'-FU lif-NAY o-y'-vay-KHEM
מבאַֽל־תַּעֲל֔וּ כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין יְהֹוָ֖ה בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם וְלֹא֙ תִּנָּ֣גְפ֔וּ לִפְנֵ֖י אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃
43For the Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there to face you, and you will fall by the sword, inasmuch as you have turned from following Hashem and Hashem will not be with you.”
ki ha-a-ma-LE-ki v'-ha-k'-na-a-NEE sham lif-NE-khem u-ne-fal-TEM be-kha-REV, ki-al-KEN shav-TEM me-a-cha-RAY a-do-NAI v'-lo yi-HE-yeh a-do-NAI i-ma-KHEM
מגכִּי֩ הָעֲמָלֵקִ֨י וְהַכְּנַעֲנִ֥י שָׁם֙ לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם וּנְפַלְתֶּ֖ם בֶּחָ֑רֶב כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּ֤ן שַׁבְתֶּם֙ מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה וְלֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה עִמָּכֶֽם׃
44Yet defiantly they marched toward the crest of the hill country, though neither Hashem's Aron HaBrit nor Moshe stirred from the camp.
vai-YA-f'-LU la-a-LOT el rosh ha-HAR, va-a-RON b'-REET a-do-NAI u-MO-she lo-ma-SHU mi-KE-rev ha-ma-kha-NEH
מדוַיַּעְפִּ֕לוּ לַעֲל֖וֹת אֶל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָהָ֑ר וַאֲר֤וֹן בְּרִית־יְהֹוָה֙ וּמֹשֶׁ֔ה לֹא־מָ֖שׁוּ מִקֶּ֥רֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃
45And the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt in that hill country came down and dealt them a shattering blow at Hormah.
vai-YAY-red ha-a-ma-LE-ki v'-ha-k'-na-a-NEE ha-yo-SHAYV ba-HAR ha-HU va-YA-kh'-UM va-ya-k'-TUHM ad ha-kho-r'-MAH
מהוַיֵּ֤רֶד הָעֲמָלֵקִי֙ וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב בָּהָ֣ר הַה֑וּא וַיַּכּ֥וּם וַֽיַּכְּת֖וּם עַד־הַֽחׇרְמָֽה׃
