Mishnah Sanhedrin 1:6
The Evil Congregation
“The Eternal speaks
to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
‘How much longer
shall this evil congregation
murmer against Me?’”
(Numbers 14:27)
Whence do we learn that ten individuals constitute a “congregation?” From God’s excoriation of the scouts: Altogether they were a group of twelve, but the “evil congregation” excludes Caleb and Joshua, hence ten!
