## Rashbam on Deuteronomy Chapter 17

###### Rashbam on Deuteronomy 17:3:1
[Rashbam on Deuteronomy 17:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashbam%20on%20Deuteronomy/r/17:3:1)

אשר לא צויתי - לעבדם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
אשר לא צויתי, to serve them.


###### Rashbam on Deuteronomy 17:8:1
[Rashbam on Deuteronomy 17:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashbam%20on%20Deuteronomy/r/17:8:1)

בין דם לדם - לפי פשוטו: בין רציחה לרציחה, בין שוגג למזיד.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
בין דם לדם, according to the plain meaning, between one kind of murder and another kind of murder. [either knowing if the killing had been deliberate or not, or, killing a terminally sick person in great pain, for instance, and killing a terrorist without trial, both deliberate acts, of course. Ed.]


###### Rashbam on Deuteronomy 17:8:2
[Rashbam on Deuteronomy 17:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashbam%20on%20Deuteronomy/r/17:8:2)

בין דין לדין - דיני ממונות.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
בין דין לדין, financial litigation,


###### Rashbam on Deuteronomy 17:8:3
[Rashbam on Deuteronomy 17:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashbam%20on%20Deuteronomy/r/17:8:3)

נגע - נגע צרעת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
נגע, skin afflictions described in Leviticus chapter 13.


###### Rashbam on Deuteronomy 17:15:1
[Rashbam on Deuteronomy 17:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashbam%20on%20Deuteronomy/r/17:15:1)

איש נכרי - להלחם מלחמותיכם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
איש נכרי, who is to lead you in battle;


###### Rashbam on Deuteronomy 17:15:2
[Rashbam on Deuteronomy 17:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashbam%20on%20Deuteronomy/r/17:15:2)

אשר לא אחיך הוא - כי יסיתכם לעבוד עבודת גילולים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
אשר לא אחיך הוא, for he may seduce you to serve idols.


###### Rashbam on Deuteronomy 17:18:1
[Rashbam on Deuteronomy 17:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashbam%20on%20Deuteronomy/r/17:18:1)

משנה התורה - זקיני פירשו בדברי הימים: שני ספרי התורה. ותרגומו פתשגן. ואינו מגזרת ושננתם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
משנה התורה, my grandfather Rashi, explained this as meaning two separate Torah scrolls, [in line with the traditional interpretation of our sages in Sanhedrin 21, as distinct from Onkelos who derives the word משנה as related to שנן, (Deut. 6,7) to delve into the deeper meaning. Therefore,] Onkelos renders the word as פתשגן, a clearly worded interpretation, translation. [The king would have to have a version of the Torah at hand which a layman can understand without difficulty.]