Shelach 14:28 · EXTRA 1 — as you have spoken in My ears
Parashas Shelach · Side page (TT silent)
The Complete Passuk
אֱמֹ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם חַי־אָ֙נִי֙ נְאֻם־ה׳ אִם־לֹ֕א כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּרְתֶּ֖ם בְּאָזְנָ֑י כֵּ֖ן אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃
Say to them: As I live, says Hashem, if not as you have spoken in My ears, so will I do to you.
Chabad.org — 14:28
Source Citation
Rashi: חי אני — an oath. Measure for measure with their own words.
Core Text of Chazal / Classic Source
Core Text
חַי אָנִי נְאֻם ה׳ אִם לֹא כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתֶּם בְּאָזְנָי כֵּן אֶעֱשֶׂה לָכֶם.
English: As I live, says Hashem: if not as you have spoken in My ears, so will I do to you.
Type of Learning
Oath of measure for measure.
What Is Learned
TT silent; their wish “if only we had died in this wilderness” becomes the decree itself.