## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 202

###### Sifrei Devarim 202:1
[Sifrei Devarim 202:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/202:1)

(דברים כ יח) **לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹא יְלַמְּדוּ אֶתְכֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת**, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאִם עוֹשִׂים תְּשׁוּבָה אֵין נֶהֱרָגִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 202**³³⁷
“So that they do not teach you to commit any of the abominations” (Dt. 20:18)—
this teaches that
if they become penitents, they are not to be killed.

footnotes:
³³⁷ H:218-219;JN2:94


###### Sifrei Devarim 202:2
[Sifrei Devarim 202:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/202:2)

**וַחֲטָאתֶם לַה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם**, אִם לֹא עֲשִׂיתֶם כָּל הָאָמוּר בָּעִנְיָן – נִקְרָאִים אַתֶּם חַטָּאִים לַה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“So that you sin against HASHEM your God” (Dt. 20:18)—
if you haven’t performed all that is stated here,
you shall be called sinners against HASHEM your God.