Commentary for Sotah 69:4

פתח יהושע דקא משתעי אמרי ליה דין ראש קטיעה ימלל

And Caleb stilled [wa-yahas] the people concerning Moses<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 30. I.e., he silenced them to hear something about Moses. E.V. 'before'. ');">⁷</span> — Rabbah said, [It means] that he won them over [hissithan] with words. When Joshua began to address them, they said to him, 'Would this person with the lopped-off head<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An allusion to the fact that he was childless. What interest could he have in the conquest since he had no children to possess the land! (Rashi). ');">⁸</span>

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