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: “Who dwells in the Arabah” — He said to them: Go through the settled area and not through the wildernesses; go through the Arabah and not through the mountains and hills.
On the daf / in context: The route is to pass through the Canaanite plain rather than skirting the Jordan through the hill country of the Chivi.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — directing the path of entry into the Land.
What Is Learned
They are to enter via the settled Arabah and not by way of the wilderness or the mountains.