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Or HaChaim on Deuteronomy 5:1/אור החיים על דברים ה׳:א׳
אוַיִּקְרָא מֹשֶׁה. אוּלַי לְפִי שֶׁיָּרְשׁוּ כָּל הָאֲרָצוֹת הָהֵם, הָיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל מְפֻזָּרִים בְּכָל הַמְּקוֹמוֹת הָהֵם, לָזֶה הֻצְרַךְ לִקְרוֹת לְכֻלָּן. אוֹ אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁעַד עַתָּה הָיָה מְדַבֵּר עִם הָאֲנָשִׁים, וּכְשֶׁרָצָה לוֹמַר עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְּרוֹת קָרָא גַּם לַנָּשִׁים וְהַטַּף כְּמַעֲמַד הַר סִינַי, כְּאָמְרוֹ ״כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל״.
1 ויקרא משה, Moses called, etc. It is conceivable that as a result of the conquest of the lands of Sichon and Og the Israelites were scattered over a large area at that time. This made it necessary for Moses to call them together. Alternatively, up until this point Moses had addressed only the men; now that he wanted to review the Ten Commandments he made sure that everybody would be present. At the original revelation the entire nation including children had also been present.