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” — these are Mount Gerizim and Mount Eival, in which the Kusim dwell.
On the daf / in context: The identification links the mountains to the later settlement of the Kusim (Samaritans) in that region after the exile of the Ten Tribes.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — identifying the mountains with the later Kusi population.
What Is Learned
Mount Gerizim and Mount Eival are the mountains referred to, later inhabited by the Kusim.