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Ramban on Deuteronomy 31:1/רמב"ן על דברים ל״א:א׳
אוַיֵּלֶךְ מֹשֶׁה, כַּאֲשֶׁר הִשְׁלִים כָּל דְּבָרָיו אָז הָלְכוּ כָּל הַנִּצָּבִים לְפָנָיו וְהַטַּף וְהַנָּשִׁים אִישׁ לְאֹהָלָיו, וְלֹא הֻצְרַךְ הַכָּתוּב לְהַזְכִּיר זֶה כִּי כְּבָר אָמַר (לעיל כט ט יא), אַתֶּם נִצָּבִים הַיּוֹם כֻּלְּכֶם לִפְנֵי ה' אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְגוֹ' לְעָבְרְךָ בִּבְרִית ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ, וְאַחַר עָבְרָם בַּבְּרִית יֵלְכוּ מִפָּנָיו. וְיֹאמַר הַכָּתוּב עַתָּה כִּי מֹשֶׁה הָלַךְ מִמַּחֲנֵה לְוִיָּה אֶל מַחֲנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל לְכַבְּדָם, כְּמִי שֶׁיִּרְצֶה לְהִפָּטֵר מֵחֲבֵרוֹ וּבָא לִטֹּל רְשׁוּת מִמֶּנּוּ:
1AND MOSES WENT. When Moses concluded his words, all who stood before him, and the young children, and the women returned to their own tents. It was not necessary for Scripture to mention this [that they returned to their tents], for it already stated, Ye are standing this day all of you before the Eternal your G-d;1 that thou shouldest enter into the covenant of the Eternal thy G-d,2, Verse 11. and [it is self-understood that] after having entered the covenant they would go away from him [Moses]. And so Scripture now states that Moses went from the camp of the Levites to the camp of the Israelites in order to show them honor, like someone who wishes to take leave of his friend and comes to ask permission of him.