## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 180

###### Sifrei Devarim 180:1
[Sifrei Devarim 180:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/180:1)

(דברים יט ב) **שָׁלֹשׁ עָרִים**, עָרִים וְלֹא טִירִים, עָרִים וְלֹא כְּרַכִּים, עָרִים וְלֹא כְּפָרִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 19:2) "Three cities": of average size, not very small and not very large.


###### Sifrei Devarim 180:2
[Sifrei Devarim 180:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/180:2)

**תַּבְדִּיל לָךְ** – וְלֹא לַאֲחֵרִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"shall you set aside for yourself": and not for others (i.e., gentiles).


###### Sifrei Devarim 180:3
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**בְּתוֹךְ אַרְצְךָ** – וְלֹא בַּסְּפָר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"in the midst of your land": and not in a border city.


###### Sifrei Devarim 180:4
[Sifrei Devarim 180:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/180:4)

**אֲשֶׁר ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ נוֹתֵן לְךָ לְרִשְׁתָּהּ**, מַה שֶּׁתִּירַשׁ – תִּכְבֹּשׁ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"which the L-rd your G-d gives you to inherit": after you conquer and inherit it.


###### Sifrei Devarim 180:5
[Sifrei Devarim 180:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/180:5)

(דברים יט ג) **תָּכִין לְךָ הַדֶּרֶךְ**, תָּכִין לְךָ סְטְרָטְיָאוֹת שֶׁיְּהוּ מְפֹרָשׁוֹת לְתוֹכָהּ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(*Ibid*. 3) "Prepare for yourself the way": Make stations leading into them.


###### Sifrei Devarim 180:6
[Sifrei Devarim 180:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/180:6)

**וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ אֶת גְּבוּל אַרְצְךָ**, שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ מְפֻזָּרוֹת אֶלָּא יִהְיוּ מְכֻוָּנוֹת, כִּשְׁתֵּי שׁוּרוֹת שֶׁבַּכֶּרֶם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and divide in thirds the border of your land': They (the cities of refuge) are not to be (indiscriminately) scattered, but aligned (with other such cities) by threes.


###### Sifrei Devarim 180:7
[Sifrei Devarim 180:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/180:7)

**אֲשֶׁר יַנְחִילְךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ** – לְרַבּוֹת עֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"that the L-rd your G-d shall cause you to inherit": to include (the cities of refuge) across the Jordan (aligned) like two rows in a vineyard.


###### Sifrei Devarim 180:8
[Sifrei Devarim 180:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/180:8)

**וְהָיָה לָנוּס שָׁמָּה כָּל רוֹצֵחַ**, שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיֶה גוֹלֶה מֵעִיר לְעִיר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"that every slayer may flee there" — even the high-priest, (though he, of course, cannot leave the city of refuge, as all others do, with the death of the high-priest).