## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 201

###### Sifrei Devarim 201:1
[Sifrei Devarim 201:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/201:1)

(דברים כ טו) **כֵּן תַּעֲשֶׂה לְכָל הֶעָרִים הָרְחֹקֹת**, הָרְחוֹקוֹת בַּתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת וְאֵין הַקְּרוֹבוֹת בַּתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 201**³³⁵
1. “*This* is how you must treat *all* the distant cities” (Dt. 20:15)—
the distant cities fall under this Teaching,
but nearby cities do not fall under this Teaching.

footnotes:
³³⁵ H:218; JN2:93


###### Sifrei Devarim 201:2
[Sifrei Devarim 201:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/201:2)

**אֲשֶׁר לֹא מֵעָרֵי הָעַמִּים הֵמָּה**, אֵין עָרֵי הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה בַּתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת. (דברים כ טז) ״רַק מֵעָרֵי הָעַמִּים הָאֵלֶּה לֹא תְחַיֶּה כָּל נְשָׁמָה״ – בְּסַיִף.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“Which are not among the cities of those peoples” (Dt. 20:15)—**
**the cities of those [Canaanite] gentiles**
**do not fall under this Teaching.**
**“But—in the cities of those peoples, you must not leave a soul alive” (Dt. 20:16)—**
**they shall die by the sword.**³³⁶ 17, s.v., *mah lehalan besayyif*

footnotes:
³³⁶ Mech ISH, neziqin,


###### Sifrei Devarim 201:3
[Sifrei Devarim 201:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/201:3)

(דברים כ יז) **כִּי הַחֲרֵם תַּחֲרִימֵם**, יָכוֹל תְּהֵא בִּזָּתָם אֲסוּרָה לְךָ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (דברים ו יא): ״וּבָתִּים מְלֵאִים כָּל טוּב״.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “You must utterly annihilate them” (Dt. 20:17)—
is it possible to say that
their booty should be forbidden to you?
The Teaching states:
“And houses filled with every good thing” (Dt. 6:11)—
[the booty of these cities is permitted].


###### Sifrei Devarim 201:4
[Sifrei Devarim 201:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/201:4)

**הַחִתִּי וְהָאֱמֹרִי הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי**, כְּשֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר **כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ** – לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הַגִּרְגָּשִׁי.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“The Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite,
the Hivite and the Jebusite” (Dt. 20:17)—
when He states:
“As HASHEM your God has *commanded* you” (Dt. 20:17)—
this clause includes the Girgashites under the Teaching.