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Or HaChaim on Deuteronomy 31:7/אור החיים על דברים ל״א:ז׳

אכִּי אַתָּה תָבוֹא. וְלֹא אָמַר תָּבִיא, כִּי ה׳ הַמֵּבִיא אוֹתָם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר לְמַעְלָה ״ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ הוּא הָעוֹבֵר וְגוֹ׳ הוּא יַשְׁמִיד״, אֶלָּא שֶׁהוּא יָבוֹא בְּרֹאשָׁם. וַהֲגַם שֶׁאָמְרוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (סנהדרין ח.) בַּפָּסוּק שֶׁאָמַר בְּסוֹף הַפָּרָשָׁה (דברים לא:כג) ״כִּי אַתָּה תָּבִיא״, שֶׁאָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא דַּבָּר אֶחָד לַדּוֹר, לְפִי שֶׁמַּשְׁמָעוּת תָּבוֹא סוֹבֶלֶת גַּם כֵּן אֲחֵרִים עִמּוֹ, לָזֶה רָצָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שֶׁיְּפָרֵשׁ דְּבָרָיו, וּלְעוֹלָם כַּוָּנַת מֹשֶׁה הָיְתָה לְהָעִיר כִּי ה׳ הוּא הַמֵּבִיא, נִמְצֵאתָ אוֹמֵר אָמַר ״תָּבוֹא״ לִקְבֹּעַ הַמַּעֲשֶׂה בַּה׳ כִּי הוּא הַמֵּבִיא, וְאָמַר ״תָּבִיא״ לִשְׁלֹל זוּלָתוֹ מִמִּין הָאֱנוֹשִׁי.
1 כי אתה תבא את העם הזה, "for you will come with this people, etc." Moses did not say תביא, "you will bring this people," seeing it was G'd who would actually bring the people by destroying their opposition. All Joshua was required to do was to march at the head of the people. While it is true that our sages in Sanhedrin 8 drew our attention to the end of our portion (verse 23) where G'd tells Joshua "you shall bring the children of Israel to the land I have sworn to them," the reason that G'd used the expression תביא was to correct the impression Moses' words had left when he said תבא. According to Rabbi Yochanan Moses meant "you and the elders." G'd objected by saying that there can only be one authoritative spokesman per generation, i.e; dabbar echad ledor. To make this point, G'd said to Joshua "you will bring," instead of "you will come." Now that we have that verse we can interpret the verse in which Moses said "you will come" as a reminder that G'd would do the actual "bringing."