1)

What are the implications of "u'Nesanah lanu"?

1.

Seforno: It implies that Hashem would give them the land without a fight, because they saw how the Cana'anim had no guts to fight and were preparing to flee. 1


1

Refer also to 14:9:3:3.

2)

What are the implications of "Eretz asher hi Zavas Chalav u'Devash"? Why did they add the words "asher Hi"?

1.

Seforno: Because the land is so productive that honey flows from the fruit all on its own, 1 without any effort on the part of the farmers. 2

2.

Oznayim la'Torah: To counter the other spies who intimated 3 that Egypt too was "Zavas Chalav u'Devash", they stressed that this title belonged to Eretz Cana'an exclusively.


1

Seforno: As we find in Shmuel 1 14:25.

2

Seforno: Something which would be impossible if the land or the air was faulty.

3

When they stated in 13:27 "ve'Gam Zavas Chalav u'Devash HI".

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