Midrash
Midrash Tanchuma (Buber), Sh'lach 17 מדרש תנחומא (בובר), שלח י״ז
Part of: Siman 17
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וילכו ויבואו וגו' (במדבר יג כו). ויספרו לו ויאמרו באנו וגו' (שם שם כז), אפס כי עז וגו' (שם שם כח), כך דרכן של מספרי לשון הרע, פותחין בטובה ומשלימין ברעה.
(Numb. 13:26-28) THEN THEY WENT AND CAME <UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON>…. AND THEY RECOUNTED TO HIM AND SAID: WE CAME <UNTO THE LAND>…. HOWEVER <THE PEOPLE WHO DWELL IN THE LAND> ARE STRONG…. Such is the way of those who recount slander.41Tanh., Numb. 4:9, cont.; Numb. R. 16:17. They open with what is good and finish with what is ill.
(Numb. 13:26-28) THEN THEY WENT AND CAME <UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON>…. AND THEY RECOUNTED TO HIM AND SAID: WE CAME <UNTO THE LAND>…. HOWEVER <THE PEOPLE WHO DWELL IN THE LAND> ARE STRONG…. Such is the way of those who recount slander.41Tanh., Numb. 4:9, cont.; Numb. R. 16:17. They open with what is good and finish with what is ill.