Aliya Summary: Moshe continues: At that time G‑d instructed the
Israelites to reverse course and head back to the desert. Realizing
their dreadful error, a group of Israelites proceeded to advance toward
Israel -- in the face of Moshe's objections. Lacking divine protection,
they were immediately attacked and massacred by the Emorites. At this
point, the Israelites heeded G‑d's command, and headed back to the Sinai
Desert.
The Emorites attacking the Jews is compared to
bees attacking (verse 44), perhaps because they swarmed, maybe because
they were merely protecting their home. Rashi says they were compared to
bees because just like bees die after they sting, those Emorites
similarly died after attacking those Jews. G-d was (and is) protective
of us even while meting out punishment!
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