Shelach 14:29 · unit 2 — above sixty also excluded

Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 29

The Complete Passuk

בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר הַ֠זֶּ֠ה יִפְּל֨וּ פִגְרֵיכֶ֜ם וְכׇל־פְּקֻדֵיכֶם֙ לְכׇל־מִסְפַּרְכֶ֔ם מִבֶּ֛ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וָמָ֑עְלָה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֲלִֽינֹתֶ֖ם עָלָֽי׃

In this wilderness your corpses shall fall… from twenty years old and upward…

Chabad.org — 14:29

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: R’ Acha bar Yaakov — above sixty like below twenty (from Arachin).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אָמַר רַב אַחָא בַּר יַעֲקֹב: כְּשֵׁם שֶׁלֹּא נִגְזְרָה גְּזֵרָה עַל פָּחוֹת מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים, כָּךְ לֹא נִגְזְרָה עַל יָתֵר מִבֶּן שִׁשִּׁים — גָּמַר ״וָמַעְלָה״ ״וָמַעְלָה״ מֵעֲרָכִין.

English: Rav Acha bar Yaakov said: Just as the decree was not decreed on one under twenty, so it was not decreed on one over sixty — learned from “and upward” / “and upward” from the valuations.

Type of Learning

Gezeirah shavah from Arachin valuations.

What Is Learned

Those over sixty share the exemption of those under twenty.