Derasha on Bamidbar 33:49 · TT unit 2

Parashas Masei · Passuk 33:49 · TT note 2

The Complete Passuk

וַיַּחֲנ֤וּ עַל־הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ מִבֵּ֣ית הַיְשִׁמֹ֔ת עַ֖ד אָבֵ֣ל הַשִּׁטִּ֑ים בְּעַֽרְבֹ֖ת מוֹאָֽב׃

Torah Temimah points to Yerushalmi Sheviis 6:1 (TT note on “עַד אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים”).

Core Text — Yerushalmi Sheviis

עַד אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים — וְכַמָּה הֵן? שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר מִיל.

English: “Until Avel HaShittim” — and how much is that? Twelve mil.

Measurement tradition attached to the place-name span.

The distance from Beit HaYeshimot to Avel HaShittim is fixed by tradition at twelve mil — a concrete measure of the final encampment.