Pisqa’ 19143H:42-43; JN1:56. 1. “And I said to you” (Dt.1:20). Moses said to them: Not on my own do I speak to you! Rather, from the mouth of the Holy One do I speak to you!144See Pisqa’ 5:1, 9:1, 25.3
2. “You have arrived at the Amorite hills, which HASHEM our God is giving us” (Dt.1:20). There is an analogy— A king placed his son with a tutor. The tutor would stroll around and show [the kingdom] to him, saying: all these vines are yours! all these olive trees are yours! When the tutor tired of showing him around, he said to him: everything you see is yours! Thus, the entire forty years that Israel was in the wilderness, Moses would say to them: “For HASHEM your God has brought you to a good Land, a Land full of rivers of water, of springs and depths flowing through valley and mountain” (Dt. 8:7). But when they reached the Land, he simply said to them: “You have arrived at the Amorite hills” (Dt.1:20). Do you say that the time [for conquest] isn’t ripe? The time is ripe!
3. “See, HASHEM your God has placed the Land before you” (Dt.1:21). Moses said to them: I don’t expect you to accept rumors or tales. Rather, only what you see with your own eyes!145Cf. M. San.4;5, Pisqa’ 7.1. “Go up! Take possession!” (Dt.1:21)— immediately! “Go up! Take possession! As HASHEM, the God of your Patriarchs, has told you!” (Dt.1:21)
(דברים א כ) וָאֹמַר אֲלֵיכֶם, אָמַר לָהֶם: לֹא מֵעַצְמִי אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לָכֶם, אֶלָּא מִפִּי הַקֹּדֶשׁ אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לָכֶם.
Pisqa’ 19143H:42-43; JN1:56.
1. “And I said to you” (Dt.1:20).
Moses said to them:
Not on my own do I speak to you!
Rather, from the mouth of the Holy One do I speak to you! 144See Pisqa’ 5:1, 9:1, 25.3
בָּאתֶם עַד הַר הָאֱמֹרִי אֲשֶׁר ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ נֹתֵן לָנוּ, מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁמָּסַר אֶת בְּנוֹ לְפִידָגוֹג וְהָיָה מְחַזְּרוֹ וּמַרְאֶה אוֹתוֹ, וְאוֹמֵר לוֹ: כָּל הַגְּפָנִים הָאֵלּוּ שֶׁלְּךָ! כָּל הַזֵּיתִים הָאֵלּוּ שֶׁלְּךָ! מִשֶּׁיָּגַע לְהַרְאוֹתוֹ אָמַר לוֹ: כָּל מַה שֶּׁאַתָּה רוֹאֶה שֶׁלְּךָ הוּא! כָּךְ כָּל אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה שֶׁהָיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּמִּדְבָּר הָיָה מֹשֶׁה אוֹמֵר לָהֶם (דברים ח ז): ״כִּי ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ מְבִיאֲךָ אֶל אֶרֶץ טוֹבָה אֶרֶץ נַחֲלֵי מָיִם עֲיָנוֹת וּתְהֹמוֹת יוֹצְאִים בַּבִּקְעָה וּבָהָר״, כֵּיוָן שֶׁבָּאוּ לָאָרֶץ אָמַר לָהֶם: בָּאתֶם עַד הַר הָאֱמֹרִי אֲשֶׁר ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ נֹתֵן לָנוּ. אִם תֹּאמְרוּ, לֹא הִגִּיעַ זְמַן – הִגִּיעַ זְמַן!
2. “You have arrived at the Amorite hills, which HASHEM our God is giving us” (Dt.1:20).
There is an analogy—
A king placed his son with a tutor.
The tutor would stroll around
and show [the kingdom] to him, saying:
all these vines are yours!
all these olive trees are yours!
When the tutor tired of showing him around,
he said to him: everything you see is yours!
Thus, the entire forty years that Israel was in the wilderness,
Moses would say to them:
“For HASHEM your God has brought you to a good Land,
a Land full of rivers of water, of springs and depths
flowing through valley and mountain” (Dt. 8:7).
But when they reached the Land,
he simply said to them:
“You have arrived at the Amorite hills” (Dt.1:20).
Do you say that the time [for conquest] isn’t ripe?
The time is ripe!
רְאֵה נָתַן ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְפָנֶיךָ אֶת הָאָרֶץ, אֵינִי אוֹמֵר לָכֶם לֹא מֵאוֹמֶד וְלֹא מִשְּׁמוּעָה, אֶלָּא מַה שֶּׁאַתֶּם רוֹאִים בְּעֵינֵיכֶם. עֲלֵה רֵשׁ מִיָּד! (דברים א כא) עֲלֵה רֵשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה׳ אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֶיךָ לָךְ!
3. “See, HASHEM your God has placed the Land before you” (Dt.1:21).
Moses said to them:
I don’t expect you to accept rumors or tales.
Rather, only what you see with your own eyes!145Cf. M. San.4;5, Pisqa’ 7.1.
“Go up! Take possession!” (Dt.1:21)—
immediately!
“Go up! Take possession!
As HASHEM, the God of your Patriarchs, has told you!” (Dt.1:21)