Parshas Shelach Lechah - the mistake of the meraglim
The passuk says in parshas shelech lechah (13:3): וַיִּשְׁלַח אֹתָם מֹשֶׁה מִמִּדְבַּר פָּארָן עַל פִּי ה' כֻּלָּם אֲנָשִׁים רָאשֵׁי בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵמָּה Moshe sent them from Midbar Paran according to the instruction of Hashem, they were all men – they were the leaders of the benei yisrael . Rashi explains: "כלם אנשים" - כל אנשים שבמקרא לשון חשיבות ואותה שעה כשרים היו They were all men – Wherever it says the term ‘ anashim ’ in the passuk it is an expression of importance; this is used here because at that time they were tzadikim . The passuk later on in the parsha (13:26) says: וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל כָּל עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל מִדְבַּר פָּארָן קָדֵשָׁה וַיָּשִׁיבוּ אוֹתָם דָּבָר... They went and they came to Moshe and to Aharon and to all of the people to Midbar Paran to Kadesh and they returned a report to them... Rashi explains: "וילכו ויבואו" - (סוטה לד) מהו וילכו להקיש הליכתן לביאתן מה ביאתן בעצה