## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 88

###### Sifrei Devarim 88:1
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**מֵאֱלֹהֵי הָעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹתֵיכֶם הַקְּרֹבִים אֵלֶיךָ**, מֵהַקְּרוֹבִים אַתָּה יוֹדֵעַ מַה הֵם רְחוֹקִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 88**¹⁷⁰
1. “From among the gods of the peoples who are around you,
both those *near* to you and those *distant*” (Dt. 13:8)—
from the behavior of those *near*
you know what those *distant* are like.

footnotes:
¹⁷⁰ H:139; JN1:240.


###### Sifrei Devarim 88:2
[Sifrei Devarim 88:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/88:2)

**מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ וְעַד קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ**, אֵלּוּ חַמָּה וּלְבָנָה שֶׁמְּהַלְּכִים מִסּוֹף הָעוֹלָם וְעַד סוֹפוֹ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“From the *corner* of the Land to the *corner* of the Land” (Dt. 13:8)—
this refers to the sun and the moon,
which proceed from one end of the world to the other end
[as do those who serve them].