וַיִּסְע֖וּ מֵהָרֵ֣י הָעֲבָרִ֑ים וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת מוֹאָ֔ב עַ֖ל יַרְדֵּ֥ן יְרֵחֽוֹ׃
Naglakbay sila mula sa mga bundok ng Abarim at nagkampo sa mga kapatagan ng Moab, sa tabi ng Jordan sa tapat ng Jerico.
Vayikra Rabbah
Rabbi Eliezer taught: It is prohibited for a disciple to issue halakhic rulings before his teacher until he is at a distance of twelve mil from him, corresponding to the camp of Israel. That is what is written: “They encamped along the Jordan, [from Beit Yeshimot until Avel Shitim]” (Numbers 33:49). How much is that? It is twelve mil.
Rabbi Tanḥum ben Rabbi Yirmeya was in Ḥefer. They would ask him and he would issue halakhic rulings. They said to him: ‘Did you not teach us in the study hall that it is prohibited for a disciple to issue halakhic rulings before his teacher until twelve mil, and is your teacher, Rabbi Manei, not in Tzippori?’ He said to them: ‘May [punishment] come upon me if I knew.’29He swore to them that he did not know his teacher was within twelve mil. From that time he did not issue halakhic rulings.
Rabbi Tanḥum ben Rabbi Yirmeya was in Ḥefer. They would ask him and he would issue halakhic rulings. They said to him: ‘Did you not teach us in the study hall that it is prohibited for a disciple to issue halakhic rulings before his teacher until twelve mil, and is your teacher, Rabbi Manei, not in Tzippori?’ He said to them: ‘May [punishment] come upon me if I knew.’29He swore to them that he did not know his teacher was within twelve mil. From that time he did not issue halakhic rulings.