## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 259

###### Sifrei Devarim 259:1
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(דברים כג טז) **לֹא תַסְגִּיר עֶבֶד אֶל אֲדֹנָיו**, מִכָּן אָמְרוּ: הַמּוֹכֵר עַבְדּוֹ לְגוֹיִם אוֹ לְחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ יָצָא בֶן חוֹרִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 259**²⁸⁷
1. “Do not return a *slave* to his master” (Dt. 23:16).
On this basis, they taught:
one who sells his *[Hebrew] slave* to gentiles
or [to an owner] beyond the Land—
the slave goes forth a free man.

footnotes:
²⁸⁷ H:257-258;JN2:188.


###### Sifrei Devarim 259:2
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**אֲשֶׁר יִנָּצֵל אֵלֶיךָ מֵעִם אֲדֹנָיו**, לְרַבּוֹת גֵּר תּוֹשָׁב.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“When *he* has sought refuge with you from his master” (Dt .23:16)—
this includes as well a resident alien.


###### Sifrei Devarim 259:3
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(דברים כג יז) **עִמְּךָ יֵשֵׁב**, וְלֹא בָּעִיר עַצְמוֹ. **בְּקִרְבְּךָ**, וְלֹא בַּסְּפָר.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“He may live *with* you” (Dt. 23:17)—
but not in the city itself.
“In your *midst*” (Dt. 23:17)—
but not on the border lands.


###### Sifrei Devarim 259:4
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**בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחָר**, בַּמָּקוֹם שֶׁפַּרְנָסָתוֹ יוֹצְאָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“In the *place* he shall choose” Dt. 23:17)—
in the place where he earns his living.


###### Sifrei Devarim 259:5
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**בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ**, בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ וְלֹא בִּירוּשָׁלִַם. כְּשֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר **בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ** שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא גּוֹלֶה מֵעִיר לְעִיר.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“In *one* of your gates” (Dt. 23:17)—
he may live in [any] of your gates,
**but not in Jerusalem,**
**[which falls outside the tribal inheritances].** ²⁸⁸ 218.4), whose trial and execution may occur “anywhere but Jerusalem, to publicize that it belongs to all Israel [and not to any one tribe].”
2. When He says:
“In *one* of your gates” (Dt. 23:17)—
this implies that he shouldn’t wander from city to city.

footnotes:
²⁸⁸ Cf. T. Neg. 6:2 in re: the incorrigible son (Dt. 21:18ff., Pisqa’


###### Sifrei Devarim 259:6
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**בַּטּוֹב לוֹ**, מִנָּוֶה הָרָע לְנָוֶה הַיָּפֶה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“If he is doing *well*” (Dt. 23:17)—
that is, if he moves from a poor area to a fine area.


###### Sifrei Devarim 259:7
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**לֹא תּוֹנֶנּוּ**, זוֹ הוֹנָאַת דְּבָרִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
3. **“Do not *oppress* him” (Dt. 23:17)—**
**with verbal oppression, in particular**.²⁸⁹ 18.

footnotes:
²⁸⁹ Cf. M. BM. 4:10, in re: verbal oppression of the resident alien and the child of converts: “A person shall not say to him: Recall the deeds of your ancestors!” See also T. BM. 3:25 and Mechilta Ishmael, neziqin,


###### Sifrei Devarim 259:8
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דָּבָר אַחֵר: **לֹא תַסְגִּיר עֶבֶד אֶל אֲדֹנָיו**, בְּגוֹי שֶׁנִּצַּל מֵעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
Another word:
“Do not return a *slave* to his master” (Dt. 23:16)—
this verse concerns a gentile escaping enslavement to a foreign cult.