Korach 16:14 · unit 1 — will you gouge out eyes

Parashas Korach · Aliyah 2 · Passuk 14

The Complete Passuk

אַ֡ף לֹ֣א אֶל־אֶ֩רֶץ֩ זָבַ֨ת חָלָ֤ב וּדְבַשׁ֙ הֲבִ֣יאֹתָ֔נוּ … הַעֵינֵ֞י הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים הָהֵ֛ם תְּנַקֵּ֖ר לֹ֥א נַעֲלֶֽה׃

Moreover, you have not brought us to a land flowing with milk and honey… Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? We will not go up.

Torah Temimah: the taunt returns the spies’ language against Moshe.

Core Text

הַעֵינֵי הָאֲנָשִׁים הָהֵם תְּנַקֵּר לֹא נַעֲלֶה.

English: Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? We will not go up.

Scorn and final refusal.

They charge Moshe with blinding the people and seal their refusal to ascend.