Musar for Sotah 67:4

ואף רחב הזונה אמרה לשלוחי יהושע (יהושע ב, י) כי שמענו את אשר הוביש ה' את מי ים סוף וגו' וכתיב (יהושע ב, יא) ונשמע וימס לבבנו ולא קמה עוד וגו'

While they were still in the Jordan, Joshua said to them, Know why you are crossing the Jordan; it is on condition that you disinherit the inhabitants of the land from before you; as it said: Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXXIII. 52. ');">⁷</span> If you do this, well and good; otherwise the water will return and drown you [othekem].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is an unusual Hebrew form, and is taken as a combination of othi, 'me' and ethkem 'you'. ');">⁸</span>

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