English: “We turned and went up”: every journey toward the north is described as an ascent.
On the source / in context: Rashi explains the wording “we turned and went up” geographically: travel northward from the wilderness toward the Land of Israel is described as an ascent.
Type of Learning
Classic Commentary
What Is Learned
Rashi reads the verse’s “going up” as a geographic description of the northward route toward the Land of Israel.