## Sforno on Numbers Chapter 32

###### Sforno on Numbers 32:3:1
[Sforno on Numbers 32:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sforno%20on%20Numbers/r/32:3:1)

**עֲטָרוֹת וְדִיבֹן.** כָּל אַחַת מֵהֶן לְבַדָּהּ הִיא אֶרֶץ מִקְנֶה.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
עטרות ודיבון, each one offers good grazing land.


###### Sforno on Numbers 32:6:1
[Sforno on Numbers 32:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sforno%20on%20Numbers/r/32:6:1)

**הַאַחֵיכֶם יָבֹאוּ לַמִּלְחָמָה.** הַאֻמְנָם תַּחְשְׁבוּ שֶׁאֲחֵיכֶם יִרְצוּ לָבוֹא לְהִלָּחֵם כְּדֵי לִכְבּוֹשׁ?

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
?האחיכם יבאו למלחמה; Did you really think that your brethren are going to war in order to make conquests


###### Sforno on Numbers 32:6:2
[Sforno on Numbers 32:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sforno%20on%20Numbers/r/32:6:2)

**וְאַתֶּם תֵּשְׁבוּ פֹה.** בְּמָה שֶׁכְּבָר נִכְבַּשׁ, אֵין סָפֵק שֶׁאֵינְכֶם חוֹשְׁבִין שֶׁיַּעֲלֶה זֶה בְּיֶדְכֶם, וְאֵין זֶה אֶלָּא לְהָנִיא אֶת לֵב אֲחֵיכֶם.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
?ואתם תשבו פה, while you are settled here on land that we have already conquered? Surely you did not think for a moment that you could get away with such an arrangement! Your suggestion therefore can only have the effect of undermining the morale of your brethren!


###### Sforno on Numbers 32:7:1
[Sforno on Numbers 32:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sforno%20on%20Numbers/r/32:7:1)

**וְלָמָּה תְנִיאוּן.** הֲלֹא יְדַעְתֶּם כַּמָּה לָקוּ הַמְנִיאִים בַּדּוֹר שֶׁקָּדַם.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
?ולמה תניאון, what is the point in your undermining the resolution and morale of your brethren? You are repeating what the spies in the last generation did!


###### Sforno on Numbers 32:17:1
[Sforno on Numbers 32:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sforno%20on%20Numbers/r/32:17:1)

**עַד אֲשֶׁר אִם הֲבִיאֹנוּם.** בְּעוֹד שֶׁלֹּא הֲבִיאֹנוּם, כְּמוֹ ״עַד לֹא עָשָׂה אֶרֶץ וְחוּצוֹת״ (משלי ח:כו), ״עַד אִם כִּלּוּ״ (בראשית כד:יט).

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
עד אשר אם הביאונום “as long as we have not brought them, etc.” The construction is similar to Proverbs 8,26 עד לא עשה ארץ וחוצות, “while G’d had not yet made earth nor its attributes.” We also find something similar in Genesis 24,19 עד אם כלו, “until they have finished.”


###### Sforno on Numbers 32:23:1
[Sforno on Numbers 32:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sforno%20on%20Numbers/r/32:23:1)

**הִנֵּה חֲטָאתֶם לַה׳.** בָּזֶה תּוֹדִיעוּ אָז שֶׁחֲטָאתֶם עַתָּה, שֶׁתּוֹדִיעוּ שֶׁהָיְתָה כַּוָּנַתְכֶם לְהָרַע.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
'הנה חטאתם לה, by your failure to live up to your undertaking it will become clear that you had sinful intent from the beginning.. הנה חטאתם לה', by your failure to live up to your undertaking it will become clear that you had sinful intent from the beginning.


###### Sforno on Numbers 32:25:1
[Sforno on Numbers 32:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sforno%20on%20Numbers/r/32:25:1)

**עֲבָדֶיךָ יַעֲשׂוּ.** בָּזֶה הַחֵלֶק אֲשֶׁר אָמַרְתָּ שֶׁנַּעֲבוֹר חֲלוּצִים.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
עבדיך יעשו, the part of the condition which involves our being the vanguard we will most certainly fulfill.


###### Sforno on Numbers 32:28:1
[Sforno on Numbers 32:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sforno%20on%20Numbers/r/32:28:1)

**וַיְצַו מֹשֶׁה.** צִוָּה שֶׁלֹּא יִתְּנוּ לְאֵלֶּה אֶת אֶרֶץ סִיחוֹן וְעוֹג אֶלָּא אַחַר שֶׁיָּשׁוּבוּ מִכִּבּוּשׁ הָאָרֶץ, כְּאָמְרוֹ ״וְנִכְבְּשָׁה הָאָרֶץ וְאַחַר תָּשֻׁבוּ וְהָיְתָה הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת לָכֶם״ (במדבר לב:כב), וְלֹא קֹדֶם לָכֵן. וְהֵם לֹא קִבְּלוּ זֶה, וְאָמְרוּ ״נַחְנוּ נַעֲבֹר חֲלוּצִים״ (במדבר לב:לב) ״וְאִתָּנוּ אֲחֻזַּת נַחֲלָתֵנוּ״, שֶׁתִּהְיֶה בִּרְשׁוּתֵנוּ בְּעֵת שֶׁנַּעֲבֹר אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ויצו להם, Moses now commanded not to give to these two tribes the lands of Sichon and Og until they would return from conquest of the lands on the west bank of the river Jordan. This is the meaning of verse 22. The two tribes did not accept this arrangement and said נחנו נעבור חלוצים (verse 32) on condition that אתנו אחזת נחלתנו, that simultaneously we will be in possession of our ancestral inheritance. As soon as we shall cross the river Jordan these lands will be legally ours!


###### Sforno on Numbers 32:33:1
[Sforno on Numbers 32:33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sforno%20on%20Numbers/r/32:33:1)

**וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם מֹשֶׁה.** כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא לְהִכָּנֵס בְּמַחֲלֹקֶת הִסְכִּים מֹשֶׁה לְדִבְרֵיהֶם.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ויתן להם משה, only because he did not want to get involved in a serious quarrel with these two tribes.