Derasha on Bamidbar 34:12 · TT unit 1

Parashas Masei · Passuk 34:12 · TT note 1

The Complete Passuk

וְיָרַד֩ הַגְּב֨וּל הַיַּרְדֵּ֜נָה וְיָצָ֣א הַיָּ֗מָּה זֹ֛את תִּהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם הָאָ֣רֶץ לִגְבֻלֹתֶֽיהָ סָבִֽיב׃

Torah Temimah points to Bechoros 55a (TT note on “הָאָרֶץ לִגְבֻלֹתֶיהָ”).

Core Text — Bechoros 55a

הָאָרֶץ לִגְבֻלֹתֶיהָ — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁכֻּלָּהּ אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל גְּבוּל אֶחָד הוּא.

English: “The land according to its borders” — this teaches that the whole of it is one single border of the Land of Israel.

Halakhic unity of the Land — one contiguous border for purposes of sanctity and obligation.

The Torah’s border description treats the entire Land as a single continuous domain; the borders define one integrated Eretz Yisrael.