Sotah 36A

כמאן ⁠— כרבי שמעון.

In accordance with whose opinion is the baraita? It is in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon, who holds that the verse: “You should keep alive no one who breathes” (Deuteronomy 20:16), is not referring to the non-Jews living outside of Eretz Yisrael, because there is no concern that the Jewish people will learn “to do like all their abominations” (Deuteronomy 20:18), as these Canaanites are not located in Eretz Yisrael.

בא וראה כמה נסים נעשו באותו היום: עברו ישראל את הירדן, ובאו להר גריזים ולהר עיבל יתר מששים מיל, ואין כל בריה יכולה לעמוד בפניהם, וכל העומד בפניהם מיד נתרז, שנאמר: ״את אימתי אשלח לפניך והמתי את כל העם אשר תבא בהם וגו׳״.

§ The Talmud continues to discuss the entrance of the Jewish people into Eretz Yisrael: Come and see how many miracles were performed on that day: The Jewish people crossed the Jordan, and they arrived at Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal, which are more than 60 mil from the river, and on that day no entity was able to stand before them. And anyone who stood before them was immediately struck with diarrhea, as it is stated: “I will send My terror before you, and will confound all the people that you encounter” (Exodus 23:27).

ואומר ״תפל עליהם אימתה ופחד ... עד יעבר עמך ה׳״⁠ — זו ביאה ראשונה, ״עד יעבר עם זו קנית״⁠ — זו ביאה שניה.

And similarly, the verse says: “Terror and dread falls upon them; by the greatness of Your arm they are as still as a stone; till Your people pass over, Lord” (Exodus 15:16). This alludes to the first arrival of the Jewish people in Eretz Yisrael, during the period of Joshua. The verse continues: “Till the people that You have gotten pass over” (Exodus 15:16). This alludes to the second arrival, when the Jews returned to Eretz Yisrael from Babylonia after the destruction of the First Temple.