Derasha on Bamidbar 33:52 · TT unit 1

Parashas Masei · Passuk 33:52 · TT note 1

The Complete Passuk

וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֥ם אֶת־כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ מִפְּנֵיכֶ֖ם וְאִבַּדְתֶּ֣ם אֵ֣ת כָּל־מַשְׂכִּיֹּתָ֑ם וְאֵ֨ת כָּל־צַלְמֵ֤י מַסֵּֽכֹתָם֙ תְּאַבֵּ֔דוּ וְאֵ֥ת כָּל־בָּמוֹתָ֖ם תַּשְׁמִֽידוּ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sotah 34a (TT note on “וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּם”).

E-Daf — Sotah 34a · Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sotah 34a
עוֹדָם יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּיַּרְדֵּן, אָמַר לָהֶם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ: דְּעוּ עַל מָה אַתֶּם עוֹבְרִים אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן — עַל מְנָת שֶׁתּוֹרִישׁוּ אֶת יוֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ מִפְּנֵיכֶם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּם אֶת כָּל יוֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ מִפְּנֵיכֶם.

English: While Israel was still in the Jordan, Yehoshua said to them: Know on what condition you are crossing the Jordan — on condition that you drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, as it is said “and you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you.”

Type of Learning

Halakhic condition attached to entry into the Land — the conquest command as the terms of the crossing.

What Is Learned

Entry into the Land was conditional on the obligation to dispossess its inhabitants; Yehoshua made that condition explicit while they were still in the Jordan.