## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 84

###### Sifrei Devarim 84:1
[Sifrei Devarim 84:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/84:1)

(דברים יג ג) **וּבָא הָאוֹת וְהַמּוֹפֵת**, אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי: רְאֵה עַד הֵיכָן הִגִּיעַ הַכָּתוּב! סוֹף עוֹבְדֵי עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה, יִנָּתֵן לָהֶם מֶמְשָׁלָה אֲפִלּוּ עַל חַמָּה וּלְבָנָה כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת – אַל תִּשְׁמַע לָהֶם! מִפְּנֵי מָה? – ״כִּי מְנַסֶּה ה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֶתְכֶם לָדַעַת הֲיִשְׁכֶם אוֹהֲבִים״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 13:3) "And there shall materialize the sign and the wonder of which he spoke to you, etc.": R. Yossi Haglili said: See how far Scripture penetrated to the ends of the psyche of the idolators and gave them dominion — Even if they cause sun and moon, stars and constellation, to stand still, pay them no heed. Why? (*Ibid*. 4) "For the L-rd your G-d is trying you to know whether you love the L-rd your G-d, etc."


###### Sifrei Devarim 84:2
[Sifrei Devarim 84:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/84:2)

אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָה: חַס וְשָׁלוֹם שֶׁמַּעֲמִיד הַמָּקוֹם חַמָּה וּלְבָנָה כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת לְעוֹבְדֵי עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה! הָא אֵינוֹ מְדַבֵּר אֶלָּא בְּמִי שֶׁהָיוּ נְבִיאֵי אֱמֶת מִתְּחִלָּה וְחָזְרוּ לִהְיוֹת נְבִיאֵי שֶׁקֶר, כַּחֲנַנְיָה בֶן עַזּוּר!

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Akiva said: G-d forbid that He should cause them to stand still for the idolators. The verse speaks only of one who was a true prophet in the beginning, (at which time he caused them to stand still, and then became a false prophet, like Chananiah ben Azur (viz. Jeremiah 28).


###### Sifrei Devarim 84:3
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(דברים יג ד) **לֹא תִשְׁמַע אֶל דִּבְרֵי הַנָּבִיא הַהוּא** – וְלֹא הַחוֹזֵר בּוֹ,

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"Do not pay heed to the words of *that* prophet": and not (i.e., you *may* pay heed to the words of) one (such as he) who retracts (his false prophecy).


###### Sifrei Devarim 84:4
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**אוֹ אֶל חוֹלֵם הַחֲלוֹם הַהוּא** – וְלֹא הֶחָשׁוּד לְמַפְרֵעַ,

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"or *that* dreamer of dreams": and he is not suspected retroactively.


###### Sifrei Devarim 84:5
[Sifrei Devarim 84:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/84:5)

**כִּי מְנַסֶּה ה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֶתְכֶם לָדַעַת הֲיִשְׁכֶם אֹהֲבִים**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
For the LORD your God is testing you to see whether you really love etc.