## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 174

###### Sifrei Devarim 174:1
[Sifrei Devarim 174:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/174:1)

(דברים יח יד) **כִּי הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה יוֹרֵשׁ אוֹתָם**, עֲשֵׂה מִצְוָה הָאֲמוּרָה בָּעִנְיָן, שֶׁבִּשְׂכָרָהּ אַתָּה יוֹרֵשׁ אֶת הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 18:14) "For these nations that you inherit": Do the mitzvah stated herein, in reward for which you will inherit them.


###### Sifrei Devarim 174:2
[Sifrei Devarim 174:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/174:2)

**אֶל מְעוֹנְנִים וְאֶל קוֹסְמִים יִשְׁמָעוּ**, שֶׁמָּא תֹאמַר: לָהֶם יֵשׁ בַּמֶּה לְהִשָּׁאֵל וְלִי אֵין לִי? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְאַתָּה לֹא כֵן: נָתַן לְךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ**. נָתַן לְךָ – לְךָ נִתְּנָה, וְאַתָּה מַנִּיחַ דִּבְרֵי תוֹרָה וּמִתְעַסֵּק בְּבִטּוּלָהּ?

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"For … they hearken to the *me'onenim* and the diviners": lest you say, *they* have whom to consult, and we do not; "but you, not thus (to hearken to *them*) did the L-rd your G-d relegate you." It (the means of consultation) was given to you (i.e., by means of a prophet, etc.); but you forsake words of Torah and occupy yourself with these!