Parashas Shelach · Side page (TT silent)
And why does Hashem bring us to this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be as spoil. Is it not better for us to return to Egypt?
Ramban: they do not repeat the full dibbah of the land before Moshe; they frame the fear as the sword and the children.
English: Why does Hashem bring us… our wives and our little ones will be as spoil.
Fear framed as concern for the family.
TT silent; Ramban notes they hide the full dibbah of the land and speak instead of the sword and the children — rebellion dressed as prudence.