דברים ב׳:ב׳-ח׳

פנו לכם צפנה. סֹבּוּ לָכֶם לְרוּחַ מִזְרָחִית, מִן הַדָּרוֹם לַצָּפוֹן, פְּנֵיכֶם לַצָּפוֹן, נִמְצְאוּ הוֹלְכִים אֶת רוּחַ הַמִּזְרָחִית וְזֶהוּ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שופטים י"א) "וַיָבוֹאוּ (וַיָּבֹא) מִמִּזְרַח שֶׁמֶשׁ לְאֶרֶץ מוֹאָב":

Turn yourselves northward. Turn yourselves towards the eastern side [of Moav,] from south to north, your faces to the north. Thus they were travelling along the eastern side [of Moav]. This is what is said: “And they came from the east to the land of Moav.”

ונשמרתם מאד. וּמַהוּ הַשְּׁמִירָה? אל תתגרו בם:

You must be extremely cautious. And what is this caution — “Do not incite them.”

עד מדרך כף רגל. אֲפִלּוּ מִדְרַךְ כַּף רֶגֶל, כְּלוֹמַר אֲפִלּוּ דְּרִיסַת הָרֶגֶל אֵינִי מַרְשֶׁה לָכֶם לַעֲבֹר בְּאַרְצָם שֶׁלֹּא בִרְשׁוּת. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה עַד שֶׁיָּבֹא יוֹם דְּרִיסַת כַּף רֶגֶל עַל הַר הַזֵּיתִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (זכריה י"ד) "וְעָמְדוּ רַגְלָיו וְגוֹ'":

As much as [lit. until] a footstep. Even as much as a footstep, in other words, I do not permit you even as much as a footstep to pass through their land, unless they grant you permission. A Midrashic explanation: Until the day comes when there will be footsteps upon the Mount of Olives, as it is said, ‘And his feet shall stand etc.’

ירשה לעשו. מֵאַבְרָהָם, עֲשָׂרָה עֲמָמִים נָתַתִּי לוֹ, שִׁבְעָה לָכֶם וְקֵינִי וּקְנִזִּי וְקַדְמוֹנִי הֵן עַמּוֹן וּמוֹאָב וְשֵׂעִיר, אֶחָד מֵהֶם לְעֵשָׂו וְהַשְּׁנַיִם לִבְנֵי לוֹט, בִּשְׂכַר שֶׁהָלַךְ אִתּוֹ לְמִצְרַיִם וְשָׁתַק עַל מַה שֶּׁהָיָה אוֹמֵר עַל אִשְׁתּוֹ אֲחוֹתִי הִיא, עֲשָׂאוֹ כִּבְנוֹ (בראשית רבה נ"א):

Eisov’s inheritance. from Avrohom. I gave (promised) the land of ten nations to him; seven of which will be yours. The lands of the Kainites, Kenizzites and Kadmonites, which are actually Amon, Moav and Seir — One of them belongs to Eisov, And [the other] two to the children of Lot, as a reward for his going along with him [Avrohom] to Egypt and for remaining silent when they said regarding his wife [Soroh] that she was his sister. He [God] therefore treated him [Lot] like his son.

תכרו. לְשׁוֹן מֶקַח, וְכֵן "אֲשֶׁר כָּרִיתִי לִי" (בראשית נ'), שֶׁכֵּן בִּכְרַכֵּי הַיָּם קוֹרִין לִמְכִירָה כִּירָה (ראש השנה כ"ו):

You are to purchase. תִּכְרוּ is an expression indicating purchase. Similarly, ‘I have acquired for myself’; for in the cities on the sea-shore they refer to selling as כִּירָה .

כי ה' אלהיך ברכך. לְפִיכָךְ לֹא תִכְפּוּ אֶת טוֹבָתוֹ לְהַרְאוֹת כְּאִלּוּ אַתֶּם עֲנִיִּים, אֶלָּא הַרְאוּ עַצְמְכֶם עֲשִׁירִים:

For Adonoy your God has blessed you. Therefore do not show ingratitude by showing yourselves to be poor, but show yourselves to be rich.

ונפן ונעבר. לְצַד צָפוֹן הָפַכְנוּ פָנִים לַהֲלֹךְ רוּחַ מִזְרָחִית:

We turned and passed over. Northward. We turned our faces to travel along the eastern side.