## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 66

###### Sifrei Devarim 66:1
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(דברים יב ט) עַד מָתַי? **כִּי לֹא בָאתֶם עַד עָתָּה** וְגוֹ׳, לִתֵּן הֶתֵּר בַּבָּמָה בֵּין מְנוּחָה לְנַחֲלָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 66**⁵⁸
1. Until when
[did sacrifice at cultic sites continue]?
“For you have yet to reach the *refuge* and the *inheritance* (Dt. 12:9)—
permission to use the cultic sites was granted
from the time of *taking refuge* in the Land
till the time of *receiving the inheritance* of the Land.

footnotes:
⁵⁸ H:120-121;JN1:198.


###### Sifrei Devarim 66:2
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נַחֲלָה זוֹ שִׁילֹה, ״מְנוּחָה״ זוֹ יְרוּשָׁלִַם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים קלב יד): ״זֹאת מְנוּחָתִי עֲדֵי עַד״. דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: חִלּוּף הֵם הַדְּבָרִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Now, *refuge* refers to the cultic site at Shiloh,**
**while *inheritance* refers to Jerusalem**
**as it is stated:**
**“*This* [i.e., “Zion”] is my *refuge* forever” (Ps. 132:14):**
**words of R. Shimon.**
**R. Judah says:**
**matters must be just the opposite,**
**[for *refuge* clearly refers to Jerusalem,**
**while, *inheritance* refers to Shiloh]!**⁵⁹

*And “inheritance?” This is Jerusalem,*

*As it is said: (Dt. 12:9) . . :*

*Words of R. Judah*

*R.. Shimon says:*

*“Inheritance”—this is Shiloh;*

*“refuge”—this is Jerusalem,*

*As it is said: (Ps. 132;14).*

Compare *Pisqa’* 1.28 on the epithet, “refuge” applied to Jerusalem. See also H:423, n.2 (66).

footnotes:
⁵⁹ //T. Zev.13:20. The toseftan parallel offers a smoother reading of the dispute between R. Judah and R. Shimon over the epithets applicable to Shilo and Jerusalem:What is represented by “refuge?” This is Shiloh.