Midrash for Chullin 120:62
(דברים ב, כג) והעוים היושבים בחצרים עד עזה מאי נפקא לן מינה
This, indeed, explains the saying of R'Papa, 'Ammon and Moab were rendered clean [unto Israel] through Sihon'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., Israel by defeating Sihon indirectly got possession of the land of Ammon and Moab. V. Git. 38a; Sanh. 94b.');"><sup>27</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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