1)

What are the implications of "ve'Lo Avah Sichon ... Ha'avireinu bo"?

1.

Oznayim la'Torah: Sichon may well have agreed to allow Yisrael to pass by his borders - like the kings of Edom and Mo'av did - only now Yisrael had set their sights on the Yarden, to which end they needed to pss through Sichon's land, and that, Sichon was not willing to allow.

2)

What is the significance of the two statements "Ki Hikshah Hashem ... es Rucho ve'Imetz es Levavo"?

1.

Seforno: "Ki Hikshah Hashem ... es Rucho" - not to allow you to pass through his land; "ve'Imetz es Levavo" - to fight with you.

3)

"ki Hikshah Hashem ... es Rucho ve'Imetz es Levavo". If Sichon was willing to allow Yisrael safe pssage through his land and was subsequently afraid to attack them, why did Hashem force his hand?

1.

R. Bachye: We only find this expression in connection with complete Resha?im 1 - like Par?oh 2 and Sichon - who initially rebelled against Hakadosh-Baruch-Hu and refused to do Hashem?s will but who wanted to out of fear. Hashem then stopped-up their hearts, preventing them from doing Teshuvah. 3

1

See R. Chavel?s footnotes note 64.

2

R. Bachye: As the Torah writes in Sh?mos 9:12 ?Vayechazek Hashem es Leiv Par?oh? - after he had strengthened his own heart four times.

3

R. Bachye: As Eliyahu said on Har ha?Carmel ?ve?Atah Hasivosam es Libam Ahoranis!?

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