Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 30
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(דברים ג כט) וַנֵּשֶׁב בַּגָּיְא, אָמַר לָהֶם: מִי גָּרַם לָנוּ שֶׁנֵּשֵׁב בַּגָּיְא? מַעֲשִׂים רָעִים שֶׁעָשִׂינוּ בִּפְעוֹר!
(Devarim 3:29) "And we abode in the valley opposite Beth Peor": He said to them: Who caused us to sit in the valley? The evil deeds that we perpetrated in Peor (viz. Bamidbar 25:3).
דָּבָר אַחֵר: אָמַר לָהֶם: רְאוּ כַּמָּה בֵּינֵיכֶם לְבֵינִי, שֶׁכַּמָּה תְפִלּוֹת וְכַמָּה בַּקָּשׁוֹת וְכַמָּה תַחֲנוּנִים עָשִׂיתִי – וְנִגְזְרָה עָלַי גְּזֵרָה שֶׁלֹּא אֶכָּנֵס לָאָרֶץ, אֲבָל אַתֶּם הִכְעַסְתֶּם לְפָנָיו אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה בַּמִּדְבָּר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים צה י) ״אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה אָקוּט בְּדוֹר״, וְלֹא עוֹד, אֶלָּא שֶׁגְּדוֹלִים שֶׁבָּכֶם מִשְׁתַּחֲוִים לִפְעוֹר – וִימִינוֹ פְּשׁוּטָה לְקַבֵּל שָׁבִים! (דברים ד א) ״וְעַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁמַע אֶל הַחֻקִּים״, הֲרֵי אַתֶּם חֲדָשִׁים, כְּבָר מָחוּל לְשֶׁעָבַר!
Variantly: He (Moses) said to them: "And we abode in the valley opposite Beth Peor." See the difference between you and me. How many prayers did I pray? Yet it was decreed upon me not to enter the land. But you angered Him for forty years, as it is written (Psalms 95:10) "Forty years I was angry with the generation. And, what is more, the greatest among you prostrated themselves to Peor, yet His right hand is stretched forward to accept penitents, so (Devarim 4:1) "now, O Israel, hearken to the statutes" — You are new; the past has been forgiven!