## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 162

###### Sifrei Devarim 162:1
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(דברים יז כ) **לְבִלְתִּי רוּם לְבָבוֹ מֵאֶחָיו** – וְלֹא מִשֶּׁל הֶקְדֵּשׁ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 17:20) "So that his heart not rise above his brothers": and not (not rise) above idolators.


###### Sifrei Devarim 162:2
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**וּלְבִלְתִּי סוּר מִן הַמִּצְוָה יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול** – שֶׁלֹּא יָסוּר מִן הַמִּצְוָה יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and so that he not turn aside from the mitzvah": even a "slight" mitzvah of a prophet. And thus is it written (I Samuel 13:13) "And Samuel said to Saul: You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the mitzvah, etc." "and so that he not turn aside from the mitzvah, right or left": even if he (seems to be) told that right is left and left is right.


###### Sifrei Devarim 162:3
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**לְמַעַן יַאֲרִיךְ יָמִים עַל מַמְלַכְתּוֹ**, אִם עוֹשֶׂה הוּא מַה שֶׁכָּתוּב בָּעִנְיָן – כְּדַי הוּא שֶׁיַּאֲרִיךְ יָמִים עַל מַמְלַכְתּוֹ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"so that he prolong his days in his kingdom": If he does as is written here, he will be worthy of prolonging days in his kingdom.


###### Sifrei Devarim 162:4
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**הוּא וּבָנָיו** – שֶׁאִם מֵת, בְּנוֹ עוֹמֵד תַּחְתָּיו. וְאֵין לִי אֶלָּא זֶה בִּלְבַד, מִנַּיִן לְכָל פַּרְנָסֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁבְּנֵיהֶם עוֹמְדִים תַּחְתֵּיהֶם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **הוּא וּבָנָיו בְּקֶרֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל** – כָּל שֶׁהוּא בְּקֶרֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל – בְּנוֹ עוֹמֵד תַּחְתָּיו.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"he and his sons": If he dies, his son succeeds him. This tells me only of a king. Whence do I derive (the same for) all of Israel's leaders? From "he and his sons in the midst of Israel" — All who are "in the midst of Israel" are succeeded by their sons.


###### Sifrei Devarim 162:5
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רַבִּי חֲנַנְיָה בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: הֲרֵי הוּא אוֹמֵר (מלכים א ג יג): ״גַּם אֲשֶׁר לֹא שָׁאַלְתָּ נָתַתִּי לָךְ גַּם עֹשֶׁר גַּם כָּבוֹד״ – עַל מַה שֶׁלֹּא הִתְנֵיתִי בַּתּוֹרָה לִתֵּן – נָתַתִּי לָךְ, עַל מַה שֶׁהִתְנֵיתִי לִתֵּן – אֵינִי נוֹתֵן לְךָ אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן עָשִׂיתָ, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (מלכים א ג יד): ״וְאַתָּה אִם תֵּלֵךְ בִּדְרָכַי...״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Chanina b. Gamliel says: It is written (I Kings 3:13) "And also what you (Solomon) did not ask I have granted you — even riches and honor": I have granted you even what is not stipulated in the Torah. Shall I not then grant you what *is* written in the Torah (i.e., length of days, etc.) Only on condition that you observe the Torah, viz. (*Ibid*. 14) "If you (Solomon) walk in My ways to keep My statutes and My mitzvoth, as did your father David, then I shall prolong your days," and (*Ibid*. 9:4) "And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David did, with wholeheartedness and uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, to keep My statutes and My judgments, etc."