Ki Savo 27:8 · unit 2

Parashas Ki Savo · Passuk 27:8

The Complete Passuk

וְכָתַבְתָּ֣ עַל־הָאֲבָנִ֗ים אֶֽת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֛י הַתּוֹרָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את בַּאֵ֥ר הֵיטֵֽב׃

And you shall write upon the stones all the words of this Torah, well elucidated.

Chabad.org — 27:8

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sotah 32a / Mishnah.

Sefaria — Sotah 32a

E-Daf image — Sotah 32a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְאַחַר כָּךְ הֵבִיאוּ אֶת הָאֲבָנִים וּבָנוּ אֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְסָדוּהוּ בְּסִיד וְכָתְבוּ עָלָיו אֶת כָּל דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה בְּשִׁבְעִים לָשׁוֹן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״בַּאֵר הֵיטֵב״.

English: And afterward they brought the stones and built the altar and plastered it with plaster, and they wrote upon it all the words of the Torah in seventy languages, as it is stated “well elucidated.”

In Sotah: “Baer heitev” requires that the writing on the stones be fully clarified — understood as translation into the seventy languages of the world, so the content of the Torah would be accessible beyond Israel alone.

Type of Learning

Custom (diyuk from “baer heitev”).

What Is Learned

The Torah written on the stones was set out in seventy languages.