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15: <li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> Moshe's indignant exclamation "ה‎‏,<fn>Bamidbar 32.6.</fn>"הַאַחֵיכֶם יָבֹאוּ לַמִּלְחָמָה וְאַתֶּם תֵּשְׁבוּ פֹ  </span></span></span></span><span class="" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">and his comparison to the Spies, implies and warns of the damaging psychological effect upon the other tribes, seeing their brothers already settled safe and sound while they yet faced long and dangerous struggles. This is elaborated by <multilink><a href="PhiloOntheLifeofMosesI323" data-aht="source">Philo</a><a href="PhiloOntheLifeofMosesI323" data-aht="source">On the Life of Moses I 323</a><a href="PhiloOntheLifeofMosesI324" data-aht="source">On the Life of Moses I 324</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink> . Following <multilink><a href="BemidbarRabbah22-6" data-aht="source">Bemidbar Rabbah</a><a href="BemidbarRabbah22-6" data-aht="source">22:6</a><a href="Bemidbar Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bemidbar Rabbah</a></multilink>,<a href="BemidbarRabbah22-6" data-aht="source"> </a> that  likens R&G to the rebellious Korach<fn>Bamidbar 16:1-35.</fn>, commentaries, such as,<multilink><a href="RashiBemidbar32-7" data-aht="source"> Rashi, </a><a href="RashiBemidbar32-7" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 32:7</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki</a></multilink> and the <multilink><a href="MalbimBemidbar32-6-7" data-aht="source">Malbim</a><a href="MalbimBemidbar32-6-7" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 32:6-7</a><a href="R. Meir Leibush Weiser (Malbim)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Meir Leibush Weiser</a></multilink>, note that this situation, would weaken their morale and create jealousy and divisiveness<fn nbsp"="">Earlier (Bamidbar 16:1-3),Datan and Aviram, from the tribe of Reuven, created dissent among the people and </fn></span>challenged  Moshe's leadership . This tendency by the tribe of Reuven to  separate themselves from the rest of Bnei Yisrael, appears again in the Song of Devora (Shoftim 3:15-16), where she criticizes them for not participating in the national effort. &lt;multilink data-aht=&quot;&amp;amp;lt;a href=&amp;amp;quot;BereshitRabbah84-20&amp;amp;quot; data-aht=&amp;amp;quot;source&amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;84:20&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;a href=&amp;amp;quot;Bereshit Rabbah&amp;amp;quot; data-aht=&amp;amp;quot;parshan&amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;About Bereshit Rabbah&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;BereshitRabbah84-20&quot; data-aht=&quot;source&quot;&gt;Bereshit Rabbah&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/multilink&gt; incorporates earlier family relationships to illustrate some of the inter- tribal dynamics. He remarks that since Reuven lost his Bechor status to Yosef, and kingship to Yehuda-now, as a tribe, they preferred not to settle with them for it was embarrassing that their younger brothers should rule over him, and so they joined the tribe of Gad in Eiver Hayarden. Gad was the son of Zilpa, the maid of Leah, and so Reuven, the son of Leah, would feel perhaps, less threatened living with them."><sup id="reffn3" class="fnRef mceNonEditable"><a class="ahtNonEditable" href="#fn3">3</a></sup>.</li>