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“The children of Reuven and the children of 20 bamidbar
Gad had abundant livestock – very great. They
saw the land of Yazer and the land of Gilad, and
behold! – the place was a place for livestock”

(Bamidbar 32:1)

“They said: If we have found favor in your eyes,
let this land be given to your servants as a
heritage; do not bring us across the Jordan”
(ibid. 32:5)

Hashem asked Moshe to wage war against the Midianites in order to
restore Bnei Yisrael’s trampled glory, after they sinned with the daughters
of Moav, by the suggestion of the Midianites.

Why did Moshe change from what Hashem had told him, telling the
nation they were avenging Hashem’s honor? He knew that they would
refuse to wage war merely to avenge the blood of those who fell in the
plague. They would counter that the dead would not be brought back to
life in any event. But fighting Hashem’s battle was an idea that won
their hearts.
Parashat Tetzaveh contains a pasuk which refers to the tikkun of the oht
brit kodesh, which is done to a man before burial. It atones for wasted