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כלי יקר — לכן אמר הנני נתן לו את בריתי שלום

The verse says 'לכן אמר הנני נתן לו את בריתי שלום' — but it's not specified to *whom* Moshe is supposed to say it (no 'לו'). And 'הנני' typically means Hashem says it directly. Why the awkward indirection?

והיה לו לומר לכן אמור לו, אלא ביאורו שהקב"ה אמר למשה לכן אמור לכל ישראל על עצמך הנני נותן לו את בריתי שלום כדי שלא יאמרו ישראל שאין אתה בשלום עם פינחס על שהורה הלכה בפניך, לכן תודיע לרבים ותאמר מצדך הנני נותן לו, וה'הנני' קאי על משה.

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כלי יקר

Kli Yakar on Numbers 25:3

Q — The verse says 'לכן אמר הנני נתן לו את בריתי שלום' — but it's not specified to *whom* Moshe is supposed to say it (no 'לו'). And 'הנני' typically means Hashem says it directly. Why the awkward indirection?

A — Kli Yakar's reading: 'הנני' refers to Moshe, not Hashem. Hashem is telling Moshe: announce publicly *yourself* — 'in my name, I am giving him brit shalom.' Why does Moshe need to be the announcer? Pinchas had ruled a halacha in front of his teacher Moshe — exactly the kind of breach for which a student is rebuked. People might therefore assume Moshe held a grudge against Pinchas. Hashem instructs Moshe to publicly bless Pinchas — to make absolutely clear there is no friction between rebbe and talmid. The grammar (no 'לו'; first-person 'הנני' from Moshe) encodes the public reconciliation. Compare Sanhedrin 82b: 'הקדם לו שלום' — preempt with peace.

והיה לו לומר לכן אמור לו, אלא ביאורו שהקב"ה אמר למשה לכן אמור לכל ישראל על עצמך הנני נותן לו את בריתי שלום כדי שלא יאמרו ישראל שאין אתה בשלום עם פינחס על שהורה הלכה בפניך, לכן תודיע לרבים ותאמר מצדך הנני נותן לו, וה'הנני' קאי על משה.

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