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Ramban on Deuteronomy 1:45/רמב"ן על דברים א׳:מ״ה
אוַתָּשֻׁבוּ וַתִּבְכּוּ לִפְנֵי ה', לֹא הִזְכִּיר שָׁם הַכָּתוּב הַבֶּכִי הַזֶּה שֶׁאֵין צֹרֶךְ לְהַזְכִּירוֹ, אֲבָל מֹשֶׁה הִזְכִּיר זֶה עַתָּה לְשֶׁבַח כִּי נִחֲמוּ עַל חַטָּאתָם, וּלְהַגִּיד לָהֶם שֶׁהָיָה הֶעָוֹן הַהוּא גָּדוֹל מִנְּשֹׁא כִּי בָּאָה עָלָיו הַשְּׁבוּעָה הַגְּדוֹלָה, וּגְזַר דִּין שֶׁיֵּשׁ עִמּוֹ שְׁבוּעָה אֵינוֹ נִקְרָע (ר"ה יח):
1AND YE RETURNED AND WEPT BEFORE THE ETERNAL. There [in the Book of Numbers]121, 14:45. Scripture did not mention this weeping, for there was no need to mention it. But Moses mentioned it now as praise that they regretted their sin, and to tell them that this sin was too great to forgive122 because the great oath [of G-d] had already been pronounced, and a Heavenly decree accompanied by an oath cannot be rent.123