Talmud for Numbers 34:2
צַ֞ו אֶת־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־אַתֶּ֥ם בָּאִ֖ים אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן זֹ֣את הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּפֹּ֤ל לָכֶם֙ בְּֽנַחֲלָ֔ה אֶ֥רֶץ כְּנַ֖עַן לִגְבֻלֹתֶֽיהָ׃
’Command the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye come into the land of Canaan, this shall be the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof.
Jerusalem Talmud Kilayim
HALAKHAH: Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba in the name of Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Joseph: (Num. 34:2) “The land of Canaan according to its domains.” Domains that the Canaanites invented104The queer shape of a vineyard, consisting of 3 + 2 vines, does not originate from abstract reasoning but is a definition inherited from the Canaanites. The inference is drawn from the verse using the rare feminine form גבולה “domain” instead of the usual masculine גבול “border”, even though the description is not of the land but of its borders.. Rebbi Immi asked, does one learn from the Canaanites105There are many verses in the Pentateuch warning the Jewish people not to learn from the Canaanites. The derivation is alluded to in Babli Šabbat85a.?
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