## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 95

###### Sifrei Devarim 95:1
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(דברים יג יז) **וְאֶת כָּל שְׁלָלָהּ** – לְרַבּוֹת נִכְסֵי רְשָׁעִים שֶׁבְּחוּצָה לָהּ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 13:17) "And all of its spoil": to include the property of the wicked (found) outside of it.


###### Sifrei Devarim 95:2
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**אֶל תּוֹךְ רְחֹבָהּ**, אֵין לָהּ רְחוֹב – עוֹשִׂים לָהּ רְחוֹב.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"into the midst of its square": If it has no square, one is made for it.


###### Sifrei Devarim 95:3
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הָיָה רְחוֹב חוּצָה לָהּ, מִנַּיִן שֶׁכּוֹנְסִים אוֹתוֹ לְתוֹכָהּ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **אֶל תּוֹךְ רְחֹבָהּ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If its square were outside of it, whence is it derived that it is gathered within it? From "into the midst of its square."


###### Sifrei Devarim 95:4
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**וְשָׂרַפְתָּ בָאֵשׁ אֶת הָעִיר וְאֶת כָּל שְׁלָלָהּ** – וְלֹא שְׁלַל שָׁמַיִם. מִכָּן אָמְרוּ: אִילָנוֹת הַמְחֻבָּרִים מֻתָּרִים וְהַתְּלוּשִׁים אֲסוּרִים, בּוֹרוֹת שִׁיחִים וּמְעָרוֹת וְכִתְבֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ מֻתָּרִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: **שְׁלָלָהּ** – וְלֹא שְׁלַל שָׁמַיִם. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **שְׁלָלָהּ** – וְלֹא שְׁלַל שָׁמַיִם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and you shall burn with fire the city and all of *its spoil*": and not the spoil of Heaven


###### Sifrei Devarim 95:5
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מִכָּן אָמְרוּ (סנהדרין פ״י מ״ו): הַהֶקְדֵּשׁוֹת שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ יִפָּדוּ, תְּרוּמוֹת יֵרָקְבוּ, מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי וְכִתְבֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ יִגָּנְזוּ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
— whence it was ruled: Its consecrated objects are to be redeemed; its *terumoth* are to be left to spoil; its *ma'aser sheni* and holy writings are to be secreted.


###### Sifrei Devarim 95:6
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**כָּלִיל לַה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְהָיְתָה תֵּל עוֹלָם**, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (יהושע ו כו): ״וַיַּשְׁבַּע יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בָּעֵת הַהִיא לֵאמֹר אָרוּר הָאִישׁ לִפְנֵי ה׳ אֲשֶׁר יָקוּם וּבָנָה אֶת הָעִיר הַזֹּאת אֶת יְרִיחוֹ״, וְכִי אֵין אָנוּ יוֹדְעִים שֶׁיְּרִיחוֹ שְׁמָהּ? אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא יִבְנוּ אוֹתָהּ וְיִקְרְאוּ שְׁמָהּ עִיר אַחֶרֶת, וְשֶׁלֹּא יִבְנוּ עִיר אַחֶרֶת וְיִקְרְאוּ שְׁמָהּ יְרִיחוֹ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"*entirely*, for the L-rd your G-d": If you execute judgment against a condemned city, I shall account it to you as if you sacrificed a burnt-offering "entirely" before Me. "And it shall be a heap forever": And thus is it written of Jericho (Joshua 26:6) "And Joshua swore … Cursed is the man … who shall arise and rebuild the city, Jericho." Do we not know that Jericho is its name? The intent is, rather, that it not be rebuilt and called by the name of a different city and that another city not be built and called "Jericho." (*Ibid*.)


###### Sifrei Devarim 95:7
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(יהושע ו כו) ״בִּבְכוֹרוֹ יְיַסְּדֶנָּה וּבִצְעִירוֹ יַצִּיב דְּלָתֶיהָ״. יָכוֹל שׁוֹגֵג? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (מלכים א טז לד): ״כִּדְבַר ה׳ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּיַד יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן נוּן״. אֱמֹר מֵעַתָּה: מֵזִיד הָיָה!

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"With his first-born son shall he lay its foundations, and with his youngest shall he plant its gates." And thus is it written (I Kings 16:34) "In his (Achav's) days Chiel of Beth-el built Jericho. With his first-born son he laid its foundations, and with his youngest son he planted its gates." I might think that (Joshua swore thus) unintentionally; it is, therefore, written (*Ibid*.) "according to the word of the L-rd that He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun."