Parashat Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8[9])
When the Torah says things in an unusual way, it’s usually to teach us an important lesson. Normally, when we think of a person’s comings and goings, it is from the perspective of first leaving a place and then returning to it. The Torah, however, has a different frame of reference:
Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. (Deuteronomy 28:6)