The scouts' report provoked weeping and refusal to enter the land; the wilderness generation was condemned to die before entry.
2449-05-09Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
2449-05-09: The scouts' report provoked weeping and refusal to enter the land; the wilderness generation was condemned to die before entry.25
Footnotes
- סדר עולם SEDER OLAM dates the return to this day; a later tradition places the report on the preceding afternoon, followed by weeping at night. Seder Olam Rabbah 8–9, 8; Chabad,
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