## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 259

###### Sifrei Devarim 259:1
[Sifrei Devarim 259:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/259:1)

(דברים כג טז) **לֹא תַסְגִּיר עֶבֶד אֶל אֲדֹנָיו**, מִכָּן אָמְרוּ: הַמּוֹכֵר עַבְדּוֹ לְגוֹיִם אוֹ לְחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ יָצָא בֶן חוֹרִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 23:16) "Do not deliver a servant to his master": From here they ruled: If one sells his servant to an idolator or to one outside of Eretz Yisrael, he goes free.


###### Sifrei Devarim 259:2
[Sifrei Devarim 259:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/259:2)

**אֲשֶׁר יִנָּצֵל אֵלֶיךָ מֵעִם אֲדֹנָיו**, לְרַבּוֹת גֵּר תּוֹשָׁב.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"who shall escape to you from his master": to include a *ger toshav* ("a sojourning stranger," a gentile who takes it upon himself not to serve idolatry and to heed the seen Noachide laws)


###### Sifrei Devarim 259:3
[Sifrei Devarim 259:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/259:3)

(דברים כג יז) **עִמְּךָ יֵשֵׁב**, וְלֹא בָּעִיר עַצְמוֹ. **בְּקִרְבְּךָ**, וְלֹא בַּסְּפָר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
[If he leaves the gentiles and comes to Eretz Yisrael, do not return him to them.] (*Ibid*. 17) "With you shall he dwell" — in the city itself.


###### Sifrei Devarim 259:4
[Sifrei Devarim 259:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/259:4)

**בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחָר**, בַּמָּקוֹם שֶׁפַּרְנָסָתוֹ יוֹצְאָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"in your midst" — and not in an outlying district. "in the place that he chooses" — where he can find sustenance.


###### Sifrei Devarim 259:5
[Sifrei Devarim 259:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/259:5)

**בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ**, בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ וְלֹא בִּירוּשָׁלִַם. כְּשֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר **בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ** שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא גּוֹלֶה מֵעִיר לְעִיר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"in your gates" — and not in Jerusalem. "in *one* of your gates" — and not in exile from city to city.


###### Sifrei Devarim 259:6
[Sifrei Devarim 259:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/259:6)

**בַּטּוֹב לוֹ**, מִנָּוֶה הָרָע לְנָוֶה הַיָּפֶה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"where it is good for him" — from an inferior location to a superior one.


###### Sifrei Devarim 259:7
[Sifrei Devarim 259:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/259:7)

**לֹא תּוֹנֶנּוּ**, זוֹ הוֹנָאַת דְּבָרִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"you shall not oppress him" — verbal oppression.


###### Sifrei Devarim 259:8
[Sifrei Devarim 259:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/259:8)

דָּבָר אַחֵר: **לֹא תַסְגִּיר עֶבֶד אֶל אֲדֹנָיו**, בְּגוֹי שֶׁנִּצַּל מֵעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Another word:
“Do not return a *slave* to his master” (Dt.23:16)—
this verse concerns a gentile escaping enslavement to a foreign cult.