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: “The going down of the sun” — the place from which the sun rises (i.e., a location distant from the eastern side of the Jordan).
On the daf / in context: There is a dispute in the sources whether “mevo ha-shemesh” points to the western or the more remote aspect of the location; the derash here takes it as indicating distance from the Jordan’s eastern bank.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — clarifying the directional force of “mevo ha-shemesh.”
What Is Learned
The site is located at a distance from the Jordan, on the side associated with the sun’s path.