## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 180

###### Sifrei Devarim 180:1
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(דברים יט ב) **שָׁלֹשׁ עָרִים**, עָרִים וְלֹא טִירִים, עָרִים וְלֹא כְּרַכִּים, עָרִים וְלֹא כְּפָרִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisq’a 180**²⁰⁶
1. **You shall designate for yourself . . . three *cities*” (Dt. 19:2)—**
***cities*, but not fortresses;**
***cities*, but not capitols;**
***cities*, but not towns.**²⁰⁷

footnotes:
²⁰⁶ H: 204; JN2: 60.
²⁰⁷ //T. Mak.3:8; cf. Sifre Num, 159.


###### Sifrei Devarim 180:2
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**תַּבְדִּיל לָךְ** – וְלֹא לַאֲחֵרִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“Designate for *yourself*” (Dt. 19:2)—**
**but not for [gentile] others.**²⁰⁸ 116.2

footnotes:
²⁰⁸ Cf. Pisqa’


###### Sifrei Devarim 180:3
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**בְּתוֹךְ אַרְצְךָ** – וְלֹא בַּסְּפָר.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“*Within* your Land” (Dt. 19:2)—**
**but not along the border.**²⁰⁹

footnotes:
²⁰⁹ Cf. Sifre Num, 160.


###### Sifrei Devarim 180:4
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**אֲשֶׁר ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ נוֹתֵן לְךָ לְרִשְׁתָּהּ**, מַה שֶּׁתִּירַשׁ – תִּכְבֹּשׁ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“Which HASHEM your God is giving you to *inherit*” (Dt. 19:2)—
you will have to *conquer* whatever you inherit.


###### Sifrei Devarim 180:5
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(דברים יט ג) **תָּכִין לְךָ הַדֶּרֶךְ**, תָּכִין לְךָ סְטְרָטְיָאוֹת שֶׁיְּהוּ מְפֹרָשׁוֹת לְתוֹכָהּ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “Prepare for yourself the *way*” (Dt. 19:3)—
prepare for yourself *highways* that
lead straight to it.


###### Sifrei Devarim 180:6
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**וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ אֶת גְּבוּל אַרְצְךָ**, שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ מְפֻזָּרוֹת אֶלָּא יִהְיוּ מְכֻוָּנוֹת, כִּשְׁתֵּי שׁוּרוֹת שֶׁבַּכֶּרֶם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“And tri-sect the boundary of your Land” (Dt. 19:3)—**
**so that the [three cities] are not scattered,**
**but are aligned like two rows of a vineyard.**²¹⁰

footnotes:
²¹⁰ Cf. T. Mak. 2:3, M. Mak.2:5.


###### Sifrei Devarim 180:7
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**אֲשֶׁר יַנְחִילְךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ** – לְרַבּוֹת עֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“Which HASHEM your God is bequeathing to you” (Dt. 19:3)—**
**this includes the trans-Jordanian territories**
**[of Gad, Reuben, and Menasseh].**²¹¹ 164.1

footnotes:
²¹¹ Cf. Sifre Nu, 160 and Pisqa’


###### Sifrei Devarim 180:8
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**וְהָיָה לָנוּס שָׁמָּה כָּל רוֹצֵחַ**, שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיֶה גוֹלֶה מֵעִיר לְעִיר.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“So that any one who unwittingly kills [an innocent party]
might seek *asylum* there” (Dt. 19:3)—
so that he needn’t be expelled from city to city.²¹² 183.2

footnotes:
²¹² Cf. Pisqa’