## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 176

###### Sifrei Devarim 176:1
[Sifrei Devarim 176:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/176:1)

(דברים יח טז) **כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר שָׁאַלְתָּ מֵעִם ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּחֹרֵב** בָּזוֹ זָכוּ שֶׁיַּעַמְדוּ לָהֶם נְבִיאִים: **לֹא אוֹסִיף לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶת קוֹל ה׳ אֱלֹהַי**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 18:16) "As all that you asked from the L-rd your G-d in Chorev": By this they merited that prophets arise for them, viz. (*Ibid*.) "I shall not continue to hear the voice of the L-rd my G-d." (*Ibid*. 17) "And the L-rd said to me: They have done well in speaking as they did.": They have anticipated the "Divine Intelligence," viz.


###### Sifrei Devarim 176:2
[Sifrei Devarim 176:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/176:2)

(דברים יח יז) **וַיֹּאמֶר ה׳ אֵלָי הֵיטִיבוּ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּרוּ** – כִּוְּנוּ לְדַעְתִּי, **נָבִיא אָקִים לָהֶם**. הָא לָמַדְתָּ שֶׁבִּשְׂכַר יִרְאָה שֶׁיָּרְאוּ – זָכוּ שֶׁיַּעַמְדוּ לָהֶם נְבִיאִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(*Ibid*. 18) "A prophet shall I raise up for them": We are hereby taught that as a reward for their fear (of listening to the voice of G-d) they merited that prophets arise for them.


###### Sifrei Devarim 176:3
[Sifrei Devarim 176:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/176:3)

(דברים יח יח) **וְנָתַתִּי דְבָרַי בְּפִיו** – דְּבָרַי בְּפִיו אֲנִי נוֹתֵן, אֲבָל אֵינִי מְדַבֵּר עִמּוֹ פָּנִים בְּפָנִים. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **וְנָתַתִּי דְבָרַי בְּפִיו**, מִכָּן וָאֵילָךְ הֱוֵי יוֹדֵעַ הֵיאַךְ רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ נִתֶּנֶת בְּפִי הַנְּבִיאִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(*Ibid*.) "and I shall place My words in his mouth": I shall do this, but I shall not speak to him face to face. ("And I shall place My words in his mouth":) From now on, realize that the holy spirit has been placed in the mouth of the prophets.


###### Sifrei Devarim 176:4
[Sifrei Devarim 176:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/176:4)

**וְדִבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶם** – שֶׁלֹּא לְהוֹשִׁיב אֶת הַתּוּרְגְּמָן.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(*Ibid*.) "and *he* shall speak to them (directly)": Do not set up an interpreter for him.


###### Sifrei Devarim 176:5
[Sifrei Devarim 176:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/176:5)

**אֵת כָּל אֲשֶׁר אֲצַוֶּנּוּ** – אוֹמֵר עַל רִאשׁוֹן רִאשׁוֹן וְעַל אַחֲרוֹן אַחֲרוֹן.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"all that I command him": (He will not change the order of My words) — first things first, second things, afterwards.