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How could the spies, all considered men, come to sin? Moreover, as
Rashi explains, their entire journey was shrouded in sin. Moshe knew of
their evil intentions and therefore added the letter to the name of
Hoshea. Why didn’t he see fit to prevent their going to scout the Land in
the first place, or, at the very least, add Hashem’s Name to all of theirs?

“In the way man wishes to go, he is led.” The intentions of the spies were
rotten from the outset. They wanted to continue ruling over the people.
They knew that the first mitzvah upon entering the Land was appointing
a king. But because they wanted to retain their positions of prestige, they
defamed the Land before the nation. This would scare Bnei Yisrael away
from it, and they would continue ruling. Had Moshe prevented them from

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