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Ramban on Deuteronomy 1:8/רמב"ן על דברים א׳:ח׳
אוְטַעַם אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע ה' כְּמוֹ וְאֶל מֹשֶׁה אָמַר עֲלֵה אֶל ה' (שמות כד א), וְשָׁם פֵּרַשְׁתִּי:
1WHICH THE ETERNAL SWORE. The reason [for using the third person the Eternal swore rather than the first person “I swore” which would be more appropriate, since G-d is the speaker] is similar to that in the verse, And unto Moses He said, Come up to the Eternal,69 [rather than “Come up unto Me”]. There I have explained it.70, Vol. II, pp. 422-424.