1)
What is "Rachavas Yadayim"?
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Rashi: It is wide and big.
2)
Why does it say that the city is big?
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Malbim: This is an introduction to what comes after. The nation is small; he needed to station Yisrael in the city. Since there were not houses built, he saw that people will not want to settle in a city without residences, so he had to cast lotteries. Therefore, he needed to know the families that ascended to Eretz Yisrael, and to separate from each family based on the number of men.
