שיר השירים ג:ד פירוש: רש״י וEzra ben Solomon

Scarcely had I departed from them. Shortly after their parting from me,⁸I.e., shortly after the deaths of Moshe and Aharon. at the end of the forty years.

Scarcely had I passed them: When Moses died I departed from them until I found Joshua. As it is written: “After the death of Moses, the servant of God, the Lord said to Joshua” [Josh. 1:1] and it says: “Now, cross this river Jordan” [Josh. 1:2].

When I found. That He was with me in the days of Yehoshua to conquer the thirty-one kings.