הלכה על דברים 1:8

In my opinion this is a positive commandment. [God] commands them to dwell in the Land and to inherit it for He has given it to them and [commands them] not to disdain the inheritance of God. And should it occur to them to go and to conquer the land of Shinar or the land of Assyria or any other [country] and settle therein they would [thereby] transgress the commandment of God … this verse constitutes a positive commandment and [God] reiterates this commandment in many places, [e.g.] "Go and inherit the Land" (Deut. 1:8).