## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 193

###### Sifrei Devarim 193:1
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(דברים כ ד) **כִּי ה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם הַהֹלֵךְ עִמָּכֶם**, מִי שֶׁהָיָה עִמָּכֶם בַּמִּדְבָּר – הוּא יִהְיֶה עִמָּכֶם בְּעֵת צָרָה, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (שמות יד יד): ״ה׳ יִלָּחֵם לָכֶם וְאַתֶּם תַּחֲרִישׁוּן״.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 193**³⁰⁰
1. “**But *HASHEM your God* is marching *with you*” (Dt. 20:4).**
***The One* who was *with you* in the wasteland**
**is *the very One* who will be *with you***
**in times of trouble.**
**And so He says:**
**“HASHEM will do battle *on your behalf*, so you must be silent” (Ex. 14:14).**

footnotes:
³⁰⁰ H:214:JN2:81.


###### Sifrei Devarim 193:2
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**לְהִלָּחֵם לָכֶם עִם אוֹיְבֵיכֶם לְהוֹשִׁיעַ אֶתְכֶם** – מִשְּׂרָפִים וְעַקְרַבִּים וְרוּחוֹת הָרָעִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“To do battle with your *enemies* on your behalf, to *deliver* you” (Dt. 20:4)—**
**[from human enemies, but also]**
**from poisonous snakes,**
**scorpions, and evil spirits.**


###### Sifrei Devarim 193:3
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[(דברים כ ה) **וְדִבְּרוּ הַשּׁוֹטְרִים**], עַד כָּאן מְשׁוּחַ מִלְחָמָה מְדַבֵּר. מִכָּן אֵילָךְ – **וְדִבְּרוּ הַשּׁוֹטְרִים**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“And the officers shall *speak*” (Dt. 20:5)—**
**till this point, the speaker is the Priest Anointed for War.**
**From this point and on,**
**“And the *officers* shall *continue speaking*” (Dt. 20:8).**


###### Sifrei Devarim 193:4
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[(דברים כ ז) אֲשֶׁר נָשָׂא אִשָּׁה –] אֲפִלּוּ אַלְמָנָה, אֲפִלּוּ שׁוֹמֶרֶת יָבָם, אֲפִלּוּ שָׁמַע שֶׁמֵּת לוֹ אָחִיו בַּמִּלְחָמָה – חוֹזֵר.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“Who is the man. . .who has betrothed *a woman*” (Dt. 20:7)?**
**Even if he betrothed a widow;**
**even if she is awaiting the levir’s decision**
**[to either marry or release her];**
**even if the levir heard**
**that his [childless] brother**
**was killed in battle**
**[thus releasing her to marry anyone]—**
**all these may return from war.**³⁰¹ 196.1 for a more complete annotation of the levir and the woman awaiting his decision.

footnotes:
³⁰¹ Cf. Pisqa’


###### Sifrei Devarim 193:5
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[**יֵלֵךְ וְיָשֹׁב לְבֵיתוֹ**,] הַכֹּל שׁוֹמְעִים דִּבְרֵי כֹהֵן מֵעֶרְכֵי הַמִּלְחָמָה וְהֵם חוֹזְרִים, וּמְסַפְּקִים מַיִם וּמָזוֹן לַאֲחֵיהֶם, וּמְתַקְּנִים אֶת הַדְּרָכִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“He shall go and return to his home” (Dt. 20:7)—**
**all heed the words of the Warrior Priest and return home,**
**where they supply their brothers**
**with water and food,**
**and help pave the roads.** ³⁰²

footnotes:
³⁰² // M. Sotah 8:2. The smaller type represents material unevenly attested in mss and early editions. F:234, n.3.


###### Sifrei Devarim 193:6
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**וְדִבְּרוּ הַשּׁוֹטְרִים**, יָכוֹל דְּבָרִים אֲחֵרִים? כְּשֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר (דברים כ ח) ״וְיָסְפוּ הַשּׁוֹטְרִים לְדַבֵּר אֶל הָעָם״ מְלַמֵּד שֶׁהֵם הַדְּבָרִים. וּמַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר **וְדִבְּרוּ הַשּׁוֹטְרִים**? כֵּיוָן שֶׁהִתְחִיל שׁוֹטֵר לְדַבֵּר – כֹּהֵן מַשְׁמִיעַ לָהֶם כַּתְּנָאִים הַלָּלוּ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “And the officers shall *continue speaking*” (Dt. 20:8).
Is it possible to say that
the officers used other words?
When He states:
“And the officers shall *continue speaking* to the people” (Dt. 20:8),
this teaches that these are their very words.
So, what does the Teaching add by
“And the officers *shall speak*” (Dt. 20:5)?
When the officer begins his charge,
then the Priest explains the exemptions to them.