Shelach 14:37 · unit 1 — no share in the World to Come

Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 37

The Complete Passuk

וַיָּמֻ֙תוּ֙ הָאֲנָשִׁ֔ים מוֹצִאֵ֥י דִבַּת־הָאָ֖רֶץ רָעָ֑ה בַּמַּגֵּפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

Those men who brought out an evil report of the land died by the plague before Hashem.

Chabad.org — 14:37

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Sanhedrin 108a — spies have no share in the World to Come.

Sefaria — Sanhedrin 108a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מְרַגְּלִים אֵין לָהֶם חֵלֶק לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַיָּמֻתוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים מוֹצִאֵי דִבַּת הָאָרֶץ רָעָה בַּמַּגֵּפָה לִפְנֵי ה׳״. ״וַיָּמֻתוּ״ – בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה, ״בַּמַּגֵּפָה״ – לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא.

English: The spies have no share in the World to Come, as it is said: “Those men who brought out an evil report of the land died by the plague before Hashem.” “They died” — in this world; “by the plague” — regarding the World to Come.

Type of Learning

Double death language.

What Is Learned

Both this-world death and exclusion from the World to Come are read from the verse.