When Hashem your God enlarges your border as He has spoken to you, and you say, “I will eat meat,” because your soul desires to eat meat, you may eat meat according to all the desire of your soul.
English: “When [Hashem] enlarges” — The Torah said: Perform the mitzvah stated in this context, for in its merit Hashem will enlarge your border.
On the daf / in context: The enlargement of the border is presented as the reward for the observance of the commandments that precede it in the parsha.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — the enlargement of the border as reward.
What Is Learned
The expansion of Israel’s borders is granted in the merit of fulfilling the mitzvos discussed in this context.