These are the statutes and the ordinances that you shall observe to do in the land that Hashem, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth.
English: “To do in the land” — The Sages taught: “In the land” means in Eretz Yisrael; “on the earth” means even outside the Land. How so? Go and learn from what is stated in the context: “You shall utterly destroy…” Just as idolatry is distinctive in that it is a personal obligation and applies both in the Land and outside the Land, so every personal obligation applies both in the Land and outside the Land.
On the daf / in context: The verse distinguishes obligations that are land-dependent from those that are incumbent on the person wherever he may be. Idolatry serves as the paradigm for bodily obligations that travel with the individual.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — distinguishing land-bound mitzvos from personal obligations that apply everywhere.
What Is Learned
Personal (chovat ha-guf) mitzvos apply both in Eretz Yisrael and outside it; the paradigm is the prohibition of idolatry.