## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 191

###### Sifrei Devarim 191:1
[Sifrei Devarim 191:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/191:1)

(דברים כ ב) **וְהָיָה כְּקָרָבְכֶם אֶל הַמִּלְחָמָה**, יָכוֹל זֶה יוֹם הַקְרִיבָם בּוֹ לַמִּלְחָמָה? כְּשֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר (דברים כ ג) ״וְאָמַר אֲלֵיהֶם שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל אַתֶּם קְרֵבִים הַיּוֹם לַמִּלְחָמָה״ הֲרֵי יוֹם הַקְרִיבָם בּוֹ לַמִּלְחָמָה אָמוּר! וּמַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר **וְהָיָה כְּקָרָבְכֶם אֶל הַמִּלְחָמָה**? כֵּיוָן שֶׁמַּגִּיעִים לַסְּפָר – כֹּהֵן מַתְנֶה עִמָּהֶם כָּל הַתְּנָאִים הָאֵלּוּ וְאוֹמֵר אֲלֵיהֶם ״שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 20:2) "And it shall be, when you draw near to the battle": I might think that this refers to the day of the joining of the battle; but (*Ibid*. 3) "And he shall say to them: Hear, O Israel, you are drawing near today to do battle with your foes" already refers to the day of the battle. How, then, am I to understand "And it shall be, when you draw near to the battle"? When they approach the boundary, the Cohein presents to them all of the conditions that follow.