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Ramban on Numbers 27:11/רמב"ן על במדבר כ״ז:י״א
אוְטַעַם וְהָיְתָה לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְחֻקַּת מִשְׁפָּט – שֶׁיִּהְיֶה הַמִּשְׁפָּט הַזֶּה לְדוֹרוֹת, לֹא בְּנַחֲלַת הָאָרֶץ עַתָּה בִּלְבָד:
1AND IT SHALL BE UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL A STATUTE OF JUDGMENT. The meaning thereof is that this judgment should be for all [future] generations, and not only for now when they inherited the Land [hence the expression “a statute, i.e., a permanent one, for all the children of Israel in all future generations”].
בוְטַעַם כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה ה׳ אֶת מֹשֶׁה – כְּמוֹ ״כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ״, אֲבָל בָּא כְּדֶרֶךְ ״זֹאת חֻקַּת הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה ה׳״ (במדבר י״ט:ב׳), וְכֵן רַבִּים:
2AS THE ETERNAL COMMANDED MOSES. This means: “as I have commanded you,” and the usage here is similar to [that in the verse], This is the statute of the law which the Eternal hath commanded.165 There are many similar cases.