Shelach 15:26 · unit 2 — for all the people in error
Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 26
The Complete Passuk
וְנִסְלַ֗ח לְכׇל־עֲדַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְלַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֣ר בְּתוֹכָ֑ם כִּ֥י לְכׇל־הָעָ֖ם בִּשְׁגָגָֽה׃
…for all the people [acted] in error.
Chabad.org — 15:26
Source Citation
Torah Temimah: the phrase stresses that the whole people erred together.
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
כִּי לְכׇל הָעָם בִּשְׁגָגָה.
English: For all the people [acted] in error.
Type of Learning
Shared status of shogeg.
What Is Learned
Forgiveness rests on the fact that the action of the people was in error, not high-handed.