Parshat Dvarim
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Overview

These are the words of Moshe

·  Recapping story of the wandering

·  Wilderness journey over in the fortieth year, eleventh month, on the first day of the month

·  Hashem had given the Land: Land of the Canaanite, Lebanon, until the great river, the Euphrates River.

·  "May Hashem, the Gd of your forefathers, add to you a thousand times yourselves, and bless you as He has spoken of you." – Dvarim 1:11

Judges appointed

·  heads of tribes: leaders of fifties, leaders of tens, and officers for tribes

·  Do not show favoritism in judgement. And any matter too difficult I told you to bring to me.

The spies

·  Moshe told the people to go up to possess it when the first arrived at the border

·  People insisted on sending spies to see which road to take and to which cities to come

·  Moshe agreed and took 12 spies—one of each tribe.

·  Spies brought back the fruit of Eshcol – the huge cluster of grapes

·  They brought back an evil report of giants in the Land

·  In spite of Moshe’s admonition, they instilled fear and rebellion into the people

·  Hashem declared that none of the men of the generation, except for Calev ben Yephunneh and Yehoshua ben Nun, would enter the Land

·  The people tried to get Him to relent

·  They decide to go up, but they are told that He will not be with them.

Mount Seir – Edom

·  Edom promised to Esau’s children; Israel told not to take it.

·  Israel paid for food and water.

Moab

·  Hashem said not to distress Moab, go to war with them, or take their land.

·  Children of Lot give Ar as inheritance.

·  The Emim (giants) were displaced by Moab, and the Horites by Edom.

Ammon

·  Hashem said not to distress Ammon, for it is an inheritance of the children of Lot.

·  They displaced the Rephaim (giants), who they called Zamzumim.

Hashem commands Israel to go into the Land

·  Traveled between Kadesh-barnea to Zered Brook for 38 years, until generation—men of war (men over 21 years of age)--died out.

·  Hashem illustrated how the children of Esau, Moab, and Ammon had displaced giants in their lands.

·  Hashem says He has placed dread of Israel into the peoples in the Land.

Sihon conquered first

·  Hashem hardened the heart of Sihon, king of Heshbon.

·  Hashem ordered the people to go take Heshbon.

·  Israel destroyed the cities, killing all the people, taking the animals and booty for themselves—from Aroer to Gilead.

Defeat of Og

·  Hashem commanded not to fear Og, king of Bashan.

·  Israel took all 60 cities—fortified with high walls, doors, and bars--of the region of Argob.

·  Destroyed all the people, took the animals and booty of the cities for themselves.

·  Og was last king of the Rephaim, whose iron bed was nine cubits long and four cubits wide.

Inheritance of Reuven, Gad, and Manasseh

·  To Reuven and Gad Moshe gave from Aroer, half the mountain of Gilead.

·  The rest of Gilead and the entire Bashan (the kingdom of Og) was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh.

·  Yair ben Manasseh took the region of Argov to the border of Geshurite.

·  Machir ben Manasseh was given Gilead.

Moshe reminds them of their promise to help the rest of the tribes secure their inheritance before settling in theirs.

Words to Yehoshua
I commanded Yehoshua at that time, saying, "Your eyes have seen everything that Hashem, your Gd, has done to these two kings; so will Hashem do to all the kings where you cross over. You shall not fear them, for Hashem, your Gd—He shall wage war for you." – Dvarim 3:21-22

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