## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 83

###### Sifrei Devarim 83:1
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(דברים יג ב) **כִּי יָקוּם בְּקִרְבְּךָ נָבִיא**, מָה מֹשֶׁה בְּ״כֹה אָמַר״ – אַף נְבִיאִים בְּ״כֹה אָמַר״, מָה מֹשֶׁה אָמַר מִקְצָת וְקִיֵּם מִקְצָת – אַף נְבִיאִים אָמְרוּ מִקְצָת וְקִיְּמוּ מִקְצָת, מָה מֹשֶׁה אָמַר כְּלָל וּפְרָט – אַף נְבִיאִים אָמְרוּ כְּלָל וּפְרָט, אוֹ מָה מֹשֶׁה זָקֵן וּבֶן שְׁמוֹנִים וּבֶן עַמְרָם, יָכוֹל אַף הַנְּבִיאִים כֵּן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **נָבִיא**, מִכָּל מָקוֹם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 13:2) "If there arise in your midst a prophet": From (*Ibid*. 18:15) "A prophet from your midst from your brothers, such as I, shall the L-rd your G-d raise up for you, etc.", (we derive that) just as Moses said "Thus said the L-rd," so, (*all* to qualify as) "prophets" (must say) "Thus said, etc." And just as Moses spoke and fulfilled part, so, (all) prophets who spoke and fulfilled part. And just as Moses spoke of general and particular, so, (all) prophets. If so, why not say: Just as Moses was eighty years old and the son of Amram, so, (all) prophets! It is, therefore, written "*a* prophet" — in any event.


###### Sifrei Devarim 83:2
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**אוֹ חֹלֵם חֲלוֹם**, מִכְּלָל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לְמֹשֶׁה (במדבר יב ח) ״פֶּה אֶל פֶּה אֲדַבֶּר בּוֹ״, יָכוֹל אַף הַנְּבִיאִים כֵּן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **אוֹ חֹלֵם חֲלוֹם**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"or a dreamer of dreams": Because it is said of Moses (Bamidbar 12:8) "Mouth to mouth I speak to him," I might think that all prophets must possess this attribute; it is, therefore, written "or a dreamer of dreams."


###### Sifrei Devarim 83:3
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**בְּקִרְבְּךָ** – לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הָאִשָּׁה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"in your midst": to include a woman.


###### Sifrei Devarim 83:4
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**וְנָתַן אֵלֶיךָ אוֹת** – בַּשָּׁמַיִם; וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (בראשית א יד): ״וְהָיוּ לְאֹתוֹת״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and he shall give to you a sign": in the heavens, viz. (of the sun and the moon, Bereshith 1:14) "and they shall serve as signs and times,"


###### Sifrei Devarim 83:5
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**מוֹפֵת** – בָּאָרֶץ, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (שופטים ו לז): ״אִם טַל יִהְיֶה עַל הַגִּזָּה לְבַדָּהּ וְעַל כָּל הָאָרֶץ חֹרֶב״ וְגוֹ׳. מַהוּ אוֹמֵר? (שופטים ו מ) ״וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים כֵּן״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim, *Ibid*.) "or a wonder": in the land, (viz. II Chronicles 32:31) "to inquire concerning the wonder that was in the land."