Halakhah for Zevachim 231:27

מאי שנא התם דאמר (ליה) (יהושע ה, א) ולא היה בם עוד רוח ומ"ש הכא דקאמר (יהושע ב, יא) ולא קמה עוד רוח באיש

Then what is the sound of this tumult that we have heard? He has a precious treasure in His storehouse, which was hidden by Him nine hundred and seventy-four generations before the world was created,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Gen. Rab. I, 10 (Sonc. ed. p. 10) ; Cant. Rab. V, 11 (Sonc. ed. p. 243 and n. 3. a.l.) .');">³⁵</span> and He has desired to give it to His children, as it is said, The Lord will give strength unto His people.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. ibid. 11. - The Torah is the strength of Israel.');">³⁶</span> Forthwith they all exclaimed, The Lord will bless His people with peace.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. ibid. 11. - The Torah is the strength of Israel.');">³⁶</span> R'Eleazar said: He heard about the dividing of the Red Sea, and came, for it is said, And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites heard [. how that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the children of Israel] ;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Josh. V, 1. As 'heard' here refers to the drying up of waters, it has a similar connotation in connection with Jethro.');">³⁷</span> and Rahab the harlot too said to Joshua's messengers [spies]: For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. II, 10.');">³⁸</span> Why is, 'neither was there spirit in them any more written in the first text, whereas in the second it says, 'neither did there remain [stand] any more spirit in any man'?

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