Ki Seitzei 23:04 · unit 1

TT #323 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 23:04

The Complete Passuk

עַל־דְּבַ֞ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־קִדְּמ֤וּ אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּלֶּ֣חֶם וּבַמַּ֔יִם בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ בְּצֵאתְכֶ֣ם מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וַאֲשֶׁר֩ שָׂכַ֨ר עָלֶ֜יךָ אֶת־בִּלְעָ֣ם בֶּן־בְּע֗וֹר מִפְּת֛וֹר אֲרַ֥ם נַהֲרַ֖יִם לְקַֽלְלֶֽךָּ׃

Because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Aram-naharaim to curse you.

Chabad.org — 23:04

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 249.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
עַל דְּבַר אֲשֶׁר לֹא קִדְּמוּ אֶתְכֶם בַּלֶּחֶם וּבַמַּיִם – טַעַם רִאשׁוֹן.

English: “Because they did not meet you with bread and with water” — the first reason.

On the daf / in context: Their failure to offer basic hospitality is the first ground for the permanent exclusion.

Type of Learning

Identification of the first rationale.

What Is Learned

The exclusion is partly grounded in the refusal to provide bread and water.