Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanite who dwells in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the terebinths of Moreh?
English: “Beyond the Jordan” — It was taught: R’ Yehudah says: “Beyond the Jordan” means from the Jordan and onward (further westward, not immediately adjacent to the Jordan).
On the daf / in context: R’ Yehudah understands the phrase as indicating a location well into the western side of the Jordan rather than right beside the river.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — defining the geographic force of “be’ever haYarden.”
What Is Learned
The mountains lie further west of the Jordan, not immediately on its bank.