## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 257

###### Sifrei Devarim 257:1
[Sifrei Devarim 257:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/257:1)

(דברים כג יג) **וְיָד תִּהְיֶה לְךָ מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה**, אֵין יָד אֶלָּא מָקוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ש״א טו יב): ״וְהִנֵּה מַצִּיב לוֹ יָד״, וְאוֹמֵר (במדבר ב יז): ״אִישׁ עַל יָדוֹ לְדִגְלֵיהֶם״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 23:13) "And a *yad* shall there be for you outside the camp": "*yad*" signifies a place, as it is written (I Samuel 15:12) "and he has set himself up a *yad*," and (Bamidbar 2:17) "every man in his *yad* by their flags."


###### Sifrei Devarim 257:2
[Sifrei Devarim 257:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/257:2)

**וְיָצָאתָ שָׁמָּה חוּץ**, וְלֹא בַּעֲמִידָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and you shall go out there outside": and not in the camp.


###### Sifrei Devarim 257:3
[Sifrei Devarim 257:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/257:3)

(דברים כג יד) **וְיָתֵד תִּהְיֶה לְךָ עַל אֲזֵנֶךָ**, אֵין אֲזֵנְךָ אֶלָּא מְקוֹם זֵינֶךָ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(*Ibid*. 14) "And a spade shall there be for you among your implements (*azenecha*)": "*azenecha*" is the place of *your weapons* ("*zaynecha*").


###### Sifrei Devarim 257:4
[Sifrei Devarim 257:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/257:4)

**וְהָיָה בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ חוּץ**, וְלֹא בִּישִׁיבָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and it shall be when you *sit* outside": (One should ease himself) sitting, not standing.


###### Sifrei Devarim 257:5
[Sifrei Devarim 257:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/257:5)

**וְחָפַרְתָּ בָּהּ וְשַׁבְתָּ וְכִסִּיתָ אֶת צֵאָתֶךָ**, שׁוֹמֵעַ אֲנִי יְהֵא חוֹפֵר בְּאַחַת וּמְכַסֶּה בְּאַחַת, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְחָפַרְתָּ בָהּ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and you shall dig with it": I might think he digs with one and covers with another; it is, therefore, written "and you shall turn back and you shall cover, etc.": (which implies that he covers with the same spade).


###### Sifrei Devarim 257:6
[Sifrei Devarim 257:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/257:6)

רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: מִנַּיִן שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא אָדָם הוֹפֵךְ מָתְנָיו כְּלַפֵּי דָּרוֹם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (דברים כג יד): **וְחָפַרְתָּ בָּהּ וְשַׁבְתָּ וְכִסִּיתָ אֶת צֵאָתֶךָ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Yishmael says: Whence is it derived that one should not turn his back towards the encampment (in easing himself)? From "and you shall *turn back* and cover your excrement," (which indicates that he was facing the encampment beforehand).