Midrash for Chullin 120:57
עוים שכל הרואה אותם אוחזתו עוית
the Holy One, blessed be He, said: Let the Kaphtorim come and take away the land from the Avvim, who are philistines, and then Israel may come and take it away from the Kaphtorim.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Israelites, being bound by the oath of Abraham not to molest the Philistines, indirectly, however, gained possession of their land by dispossessing the Kaphtorim who had vanquished the Philistines.');"><sup>24</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 14:9) "This may you eat … (12) and this you may not eat, etc.": R. Akiva said: Was Moses a hunter or an archer (that he knew the signs of all the animals in creation)! Let this serve as a riposte to those who say there is no Torah from Heaven!
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