פירוש על דברים 1:8

ראה נתתי SEE, I HAVE GIVEN [THE LAND BEFORE THEE] — With your own eyes do you see this: I do not tell you this by conjecture or hearsay (Sifrei Devarim 7).

WHICH THE ETERNAL SWORE. The reason [for using the third person the Eternal swore rather than the first person “I swore” which would be more appropriate, since G-d is the speaker] is similar to that in the verse, And unto Moses He said, Come up to the Eternal,⁶⁹Exodus 24:1. [rather than “Come up unto Me”]. There I have explained it.⁷⁰See ibid., Vol. II, pp. 422-424.

נתתי לפניכם את הארץ , the inhabitants of that land whose courage had already melted and who would not offer much resistance.