## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 251

###### Sifrei Devarim 251:1
[Sifrei Devarim 251:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/251:1)

(דברים כג ז) **לֹא תִדְרוֹשׁ שְׁלֹמָם וְטֹבָתָם**, מִכְּלַל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים כ י): ״כִּי תִקְרַב אֶל עִיר לְהִלָּחֵם עָלֶיהָ וְקָרָאתָ אֵלֶיהָ לְשָׁלוֹם״, יָכוֹל אַף כָּאן כֵּן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לֹא תִדְרוֹשׁ שְׁלֹמָם**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 23:7) "Do not seek their *peace* and their *good* all of your days, forever": Because it is written (*Ibid*. 20:10) "and you shall call out to it (a besieged city) for peace," I might think that the same should be done with *them* (Amon and Moav); it is, therefore, written "Do not seek their *peace*."


###### Sifrei Devarim 251:2
[Sifrei Devarim 251:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/251:2)

**וְטוֹבָתָם**, מִכְּלַל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים כג יז): ״בַּטּוֹב לוֹ לֹא תוֹנֶנּוּ״, יָכוֹל אַף כָּאן כֵּן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְטוֹבָתָם**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And because it is written (*Ibid*. 23:17) "… where it is *good* for him (an escaped servant); you shall not oppress him," I might think that the same holds true with *them*; it is, therefore, written "and (do not seek) their *good*."


###### Sifrei Devarim 251:3
[Sifrei Devarim 251:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/251:3)

**כָּל יָמֶיךָ לְעוֹלָם**, וּלְעוֹלְמֵי עוֹלָמִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"all of your days, forever": for ever and ever.