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Sforno on Numbers 16:14/ספורנו על במדבר ט״ז:י״ד
אאַף לֹא אֶל אֶרֶץ. וַתִּתֶּן לָנוּ. לֹא דַי שֶׁהֲרֵעוֹתָ לָנוּ לְהוֹצִיאֵנוּ מֵאֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַש אֶל הַמִּדְבָּר, כִּי גַם אַתָּה מְצַחֵק בָּנוּ שֶׁלֹּא הֲבִיאוֹתָנוּ אֶל הָאָרֶץ שֶׁאָמַרְתָּ כְּלָל, וּדְבָרֶיךָ הֵם כְּאִלּוּ נָתַתָּ לָנוּ בָּהּ נַחֲלַת שָׂדֶה וָכֶרֶם, בְּצַוּוֹתְךָ מִצְווֹת הַתְּלוּיוֹת בָּאָרֶץ וְאָמַרְתָּ ״לֹא תְכַלֶּה פְּאַת שָׂדְךָ. וּפֶרֶט כַּרְמְךָ״ (ויקרא יט:ט-י), כְּאִלּוּ כְּבָר הָיְתָה שֶׁלָּנוּ וְהָיוּ לָנוּ בָּהּ שָׂדֶה וָכֶרֶם.
1אף לא אל ארץ...ותתן לנו, not only did you worsen our lot by taking us out of Egypt, and bringing us to a desert leaving behind a land which was flowing with milk and honey, but you have mocked us by not even bringing us to another country, even though it might have been inferior to Egypt. To listen to you speak one might think that you had led us to a land of good fields and vineyards and allocated these to us as our inheritance. Anyone listening to your expounding on the Divine commandments linked to possession of such fields and orchards has been totally misled. (reference to Leviticus 19,9-10) When presenting this legislation to us one could think that the fields and orchards under discussion were already ours.
בהַעֵינֵי הָאֲנָשִׁים הָהֵם תְּנַקֵּר. הֲתַחְשׁוֹב לְנַקֵּר עֵינֵינוּ בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁלֹּא נַכִּיר תַּחְבּוּלוֹתֶיךָ?
2העיני האנשים ההם תנקר, do you really think that you can fool all these people into not recognising your machinations which are of such a deceptive nature?