Eikev 7:16 · unit 1

Parashas Eikev · Passuk 7:16

The Complete Passuk

וְאָכַלְתָּ֣ אֶת־כׇּל־הָֽעַמִּ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ נֹתֵ֣ן לָ֔ךְ לֹא־תָח֥וֹס עֵֽינְךָ֖ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְלֹ֤א תַעֲבֹד֙ אֶת־אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־מוֹקֵ֥שׁ ה֖וּא לָֽךְ׃ {ס}        

You shall destroy all the peoples that the ETERNAL your God delivers to you, showing them no pity. And you shall not worship their gods, for that would be a snare to you.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Kama 113b.

TT lemma: ואכלת וגו'.

Sefaria — Bava Kama 113b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
ואכלת וגו'. אמר רב הונא, מניין לגזל עובד כוכבים שהוא אסור, שנאמר ואכלת את כל העמים אשר ה' אלהיך נותן לך, בזמן שהם מסורים בידך ולא בזמן שאין מסורים בידך

English: Rav Huna said: Whence that robbery of a non-Jew is forbidden? As it is said, “You shall consume all the peoples that Hashem your God gives you” — when they are delivered into your hand, and not when they are not delivered into your hand.

On the daf / in context: Bava Kama 113b; cf. Behar on fair dealing.

Type of Learning

Custom (halakhic inference — gezel akum)

What Is Learned

Taking from the nations is permitted only when they are delivered in war; peacetime robbery of a non-Jew remains forbidden.