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30.‎ “And Moses sent them from the desert of Paran according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.” They were all righteous and the ‎heads of Israel, but they took for themselves some bad advice saying, “If Israel enter the ‎land, we will be removed from being the heads, and Moses will appoint other heads, since ‎we were rewarded with being the heads only in the desert. But in the land, we will not be rewarded with ‎being the heads.” Because they took some bad advice for themselves, they died, ‎they and all those who accepted their words.

31. “These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to tour the land.” Moses looked and knew that the spies would not succeed in their way, so he prayed for Joshua. At that time, Caleb was in trouble. He said, “What shall I do? Joshua is going with Moses’ upper help, who sent light into him—the moon, Malchut—and he shone on him through his prayer because he is the phase of the sun, ZA. What did Caleb do? He slipped from the spies and came to the graves of the fathers, and prayed his prayer there.

32. Caleb took a different route and went by twisted trails, and reached the graves of the fathers. He risked his life, but one who is in trouble looks at nothing. So was Caleb. Because he was in trouble, he looked at nothing and came to pray on the fathers’ graves to be saved from this advice of the spies.

33. “And Moses called Hosea, son of Nun, Joshua.” Did the text call him Hosea? But it is written, “And Moses said to Joshua,” “Joshua son of Nun a youth,” “And Joshua defeated.” However, Moses said to him, “Yod-Hey will save you from them,” since Joshua has the letters of “God will save” [in Hebrew].

34. Because Moses sent Joshua to come to the Land of Israel, Joshua had to be complete in the Shechina [Divinity], since the Land of Israel is the Shechina. Until that time, he was called a “youth,” for he was gripped in Matat, who is called a “youth,” and at that time, Moses tied him to the Shechina.

Although it was previously written Joshua, the text called him after what he was destined to call him. Moses said, “Of course he is unworthy of coming there unless in the Shechina, and so it should be. This is why he called him Joshua, adding a Yod to his name [in Hebrew], which is the Shechina.

35. “Is there a tree in it, or is there not?” Did Moses not know that there are several trees in it, different from each other? After all, he praised the Land of Israel several times, with the olive, the vineyard, the pomegranate, and more. Can it be that he was in doubt about that? But the Creator told Moses in the beginning that it was a land flowing with milk and honey. It is written, “There was a man in the land of Oz, whose name was Job.” That is, Moses asked them to see if Job is there, so he would protect them. Also, Oz is like Etz [tree].

36. He insinuated to them a hint of wisdom about what they asked in the beginning, that it is written, “Is the Lord among us or not,” is ZA, who is called HaVaYaH, among them? Or, is AA, who is called Ayin [not], among them. He said, “You will see in the land whether it is worthy of ZA, who is called “tree,” or of AA, who is called “not.”

He said to them, “If you see that the fruits of the earth are as in the rest of the lands in the world, then there is a tree in it, which is the tree of life, ZA, and not from a higher place. And if you see that the fruits of the land are different from all the other lands in the world, you will know that that high difference that there is in it from all the places in the world drips and is drawn from the holy Atik. By this you will know if there is a tree in it, ZA, or not, which is Holy Atik, AA. You wanted to know this first, as it is written, “Is the Lord among us,” if ZA is among you, “or not,” AA. This is why it is written, “And you shall strengthen yourselves and take from the fruit of the land,” to know if there is a difference in them or not.

37. The days are the days of the harvesting of the grapes, and the days are the six days HGT NHY of ZA. They all connect to the tree in which Adam HaRishon sinned, the tree that is Malchut, which was grapes. Thus, grapes are Malchut. For this reason, these days, VAK of ZA, are days of the harvesting of the grapes, Malchut, for then VAK of ZA became joined with Malchut.

38. “And they went up the Negev and came up to Hebron; and there, Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of the giant.” Caleb came to pray on the graves of the fathers in Hebron. Caleb said, “Joshua, Moses had blessed with high and holy help, and he could be saved from them, but what shall I do?” He took advice, to pray a prayer on the graves of the fathers in order to be saved from the bad counsel of the rest of the spies.

39. “And came” means that it enters the one who is the most important. That is, the Shechina, on which everything depends, entered and clothed inside Caleb. Which of them is the one with the advantage, who can come to Hebron, since it is written, “and there, Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai,” and from their fear, who can come, and even hide in the cave? However, the Shechina clothed there in Caleb to announce to the fathers that it was time for their sons to come to the land which the Creator had sworn to them.

40. From whom did Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai come out? They were the descendants of the fallen ones, whom the Creator dropped from heaven to earth, and who engendered from the daughters of the earth. From them came the mighty ones of the world, as it is written, “They were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.” “Of old” means that they have existed since the creation of the world. “Men of renown” are Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, whose name was known in the world.

41. “And they came to the brook of Eshkol, and cut a branch.” It is written, “Thus says God the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth the earth and its offspring.” How much should people look into the work of the Creator; how much should they look into the words of Torah, that anyone who engages in Torah, it is as though he offers all the sacrifices in the world before the Creator. Moreover, the Creator forgives all his iniquities, and several thrones are established for him for the next world.