Devarim 1:23 reads:
וַיִּיטַב בְּעֵינַי הַדָּבָר וָאֶקַּח מִכֶּם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר אֲנָשִׁים אִישׁ אֶחָד לַשָּׁבֶט׃
And the matter pleased me; so I took twelve men from you, one man for each tribe.
Rashi:
שנים עשר אנשים איש אחד לשבט: מגיד שלא היה שבט לוי עמהם׃
twelve men… one man for each tribe: [This] tells [us] that the tribe of Levi was not with them. (Sifrei).
My question is:
What is Rashi explaining/clarifying here and why do we need a special limud (exegesis) for this?
In Parshat Shelach (Bamidbar 13:4-15) all the the spies are named one-by-one and clearly there is no mention of a representative from the tribe of Levi!
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