Shelach 14:15 · EXTRA 1 — if You kill this people as one man
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The Complete Passuk
וְהֵמַתָּ֛ה אֶת־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה כְּאִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֑ד וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמְע֥וּ אֶֽת־שִׁמְעֲךָ֖ לֵאמֹֽר׃
If You kill this people as one man, then the nations that have heard Your fame will say.
Chabad.org — 14:15
Source Citation
Rashi: as one man — suddenly.
Core Text of Chazal / Classic Source
Core Text
וְהֵמַתָּה אֶת הָעָם הַזֶּה כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד.
English: If You kill this people as one man.
Type of Learning
Sudden total destruction and the nations’ speech.
What Is Learned
TT silent; Moshe’s “as one man” frames the proposed plague as a single stroke that would become the nations’ story about Hashem.