Shelach 14:10 · unit 1 — to stone them

Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 2 · Passuk 10

The Complete Passuk

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ כׇּל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה לִרְגּ֥וֹם אֹתָ֖ם בָּאֲבָנִ֑ים וּכְב֣וֹד יְהֹוָ֗ה נִרְאָה֙ בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד אֶל־כׇּל־בְּנֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

The whole congregation said to stone them with stones; and the glory of Hashem appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of Israel.

Chabad.org — 14:10

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Sotah 35a — they took stones and cast them upward.

Sefaria — Sotah 35a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אָמַר רַבִּי חִיָּיא בַּר אַבָּא: מְלַמֵּד שֶׁנָּטְלוּ אֲבָנִים וּזְרָקוּם כְּלַפֵּי מַעְלָה.

English: R’ Chiyya bar Abba said: This teaches that they took stones and threw them toward Above.

Type of Learning

Reading the juxtaposition of stoning and the appearance of the Glory.

What Is Learned

Their intent to stone Yehoshua and Calev is read as aggression directed even against Heaven.