Derasha 1 on Metzora 14:34

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 14:34

The Complete Passuk

כִּ֤י תָבֹ֙אוּ֙ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶ֖ם לַאֲחֻזָּ֑ה וְנָתַתִּי֙ נֶ֣גַע צָרַ֔עַת בְּבֵ֖ית אֶ֥רֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶֽם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כִּי תָבֹאוּ אֶל הָאָרֶץ — יָכוֹל מִשֶּׁבָּאוּ לְעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר אֶל הָאָרֶץ, הָאָרֶץ הַמְּיֻחֶדֶת.

English: “When you come into the land” — one might think [the law applies] from the time they came to the other side of the Jordan; therefore the verse says “into the land” — the distinctive land.

Type of Learning

Geographic scope

What Is Learned

Chazal limit the law of house-negaim to Eretz Yisrael proper, not the territory east of the Jordan.