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Ramban on Deuteronomy 4:27/רמב"ן על דברים ד׳:כ״ז
אוְנִשְׁאַרְתֶּם מְתֵי מִסְפָּר בַּגּוֹיִם, יֹאמַר שֶׁנִּשָּׁאֵר מוּעָטִים בְּכָל גּוֹי וְגוֹי מִכָּל הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר יְנַהֵג אוֹתָנוּ שָׁם, כִּי בְּאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם יְפַזֵּר אוֹתָנוּ, אֲבָל בִּכְלָלֵנוּ רַבִּים אֲנַחְנוּ, שֶׁבַח לָאֵל:
1AND YE SHALL BE LEFT FEW IN NUMBER. He is stating that we will be left as a minority among any of the nations whereto G-d will lead us, for He will scatter us as the four winds of the heaven,94 but in our totality we are many [i.e., Israel will remain a large nation, but because of our dispersion we are in a minority in each of the many countries] — praise be to G-d [that in our totality we are many]!