## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 90

###### Sifrei Devarim 90:1
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(דברים יג יא) **וּסְקַלְתּוֹ בָאֲבָנִים**, יָכוֹל בַּאֲבָנִים מְרֻבּוֹת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (ויקרא כ כז): ״בָּאֶבֶן״. אִי בָּאֶבֶן, יָכוֹל בְּאֶבֶן אַחַת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **בָאֲבָנִים**. אֱמֹר מֵעַתָּה: לֹא מֵת בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה יָמוּת בַּשְּׁנִיָּה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 90**¹⁷³
1. “You must pelt him with *stones* till he dies” (Dt. 13:11).
**Is it possible to claim that**
**this execution requires *many* stones?**
**The Teaching states, [**
**[in the context of sorcery]:**
**“A man or a woman . . . shall be pummeled with *the stone*” (Lv. 20:27).**
**If the verse specifies, the *stone*,**
**is it possible to say that**
**they must execute with *a single* stone?**
**The Teaching states:**
**“With *stones*” (Dt. 13:11).**
**From this, you may conclude that**
**if he doesn’t die from the first,**
**let him die from the second.**¹⁷⁴

footnotes:
¹⁷³ H:140; JN1:243.
¹⁷⁴ Sifre Nu., 114.


###### Sifrei Devarim 90:2
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**כִּי בִקֵּשׁ לְהַדִּיחֲךָ**, נֶאֱמַר כָּאן הַדָּחָה וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן הַדָּחָה. מָה הַדָּחָה הָאֲמוּרָה כָּאן בִּסְקִילָה – אַף הַדָּחָה הָאֲמוּרָה לְהַלָּן בִּסְקִילָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “For he has sought to *lead* you *astray*” (Dt. 13:11).
*Leading astray* is mentioned here,
and *leading astray* is mentioned elsewhere
[in the case of the prophet of lies (Dt. 13:6)].
Just as the *leading astray* mentioned elsewhere
is punished by stoning,
so, too, the *leading astray* mentioned here
is punished by stoning.


###### Sifrei Devarim 90:3
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**מֵעַל ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ הַמּוֹצִיאֲךָ**, אֲפִלּוּ אֵין לוֹ עָלֶיךָ אֶלָּא שֶׁהוֹצִיאֲךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים – דַּי!

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“To lead you astray from HASHEM your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt” (Dt. 13:11)—
**even were His only claim upon you**
**that He brought out of the land of Egypt,**
**it would be quite enough!**¹⁷⁵ 86.2

footnotes:
¹⁷⁵ Pisqa’