## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 93

###### Sifrei Devarim 93:1
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(דברים יג יד) **יָצְאוּ אֲנָשִׁים** – וְלֹא נָשִׁים, **אֲנָשִׁים** – וְלֹא קְטַנִּים, **אֲנָשִׁים** – אֵין פָּחוֹת מִשְּׁנַיִם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 93**¹⁸²
1. **“Some . . *. men* went out” (Dt. 13:14)—**
**[the tempters] must be *men*, but not women.**
**“*Men*” (Dt. 13:14)—**
**they must be *adults,* and not children.**
**“*Men*” (Dt. 13:14)—**
**the plural, *men*, indicates**
**not less than two tempters.** ¹⁸³

footnotes:
¹⁸² H:141-142; JN1:246-247.
¹⁸³ Cf. T.San.14:2


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:2
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**בְּנֵי בְלִיַּעַל** – בְּלִי עוֹל, בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁפָּרְקוּ עֻלּוֹ שֶׁל מָקוֹם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“Some rebellious (*bli`al*) men” (Dt. 13:14)—**
**without any restraint (*bli `ol*).**
**that is, people who have**
**thrown off the yoke of the All-Present**.¹⁸⁴ 117.1.

footnotes:
¹⁸⁴ Cf. Pisqa’


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:3
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**מִקִּרְבֶּךָ** – וְלֹא מִן הַסְּפָר.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“From among you” (Dt. 13:14)—**
**but not from unprotected border-lands.**¹⁸⁵

footnotes:
¹⁸⁵ //T. San.14:1.


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:4
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**וַיַּדִּיחוּ אֶת יֹשְׁבֵי עִירָם** – וְלֹא יוֹשְׁבֵי עִיר אַחֶרֶת.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“And have led astray the residents of their city” (Dt. 13:14)—
but not the residents of another city.


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:5
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**לֵאמֹר** – בְּהַתְרָאָה. **נֵלְכָה וְנַעַבְדָה אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא יְדַעְתֶּם**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“Saying” (Dt. 13:14)—**
[**despite] having been cautioned against it**,¹⁸⁶
“Let us go and serve other gods which you have not known!

footnotes:
¹⁸⁶ Cf. M. San.10:4; Sifre Nu. 113.


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:6
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(דברים יג טו) **וְדָרַשְׁתָּ וְחָקַרְתָּ וְשָׁאַלְתָּ הֵיטֵב**, מִכְּלָל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יז ד) ״וְהֻגַּד לְךָ וְשָׁמַעְתָּ וְדָרַשְׁתָּ הֵיטֵב״, הֵיטֵב הֵיטֵב לִגְזֵרָה שָׁוָה, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁבּוֹדְקִים אוֹתוֹ בְּשֶׁבַע חֲקִירוֹת.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
Then you shall *seek* out the truth, and *investigate*, and *inquire* diligently” (Dt. 13:14-15).
Inferring from what is stated elsewhere:
“If it is reported to you, and you have heard it, then you shall seek out *diligently”* (Dt. 17:4)—
*diligently* occurs here (Dt. 13:15)
and *diligently* occurs elsewhere (Dt. 17:4),
permitting an analogical inference.
It teaches that
**we probe a witness with seven**¹⁸⁷ quoted at Y. San. 5:1, 22c the total of seven is arrived at by adding the procedures enumerated at Dt. 13:15: seek out, investigate, inquire, diligently, true, well-founded, the matter. **investigations.**¹⁸⁸

footnotes:
¹⁸⁷ According to a baraita
¹⁸⁸ //M.San.5:1.These investigations concern the date and circumstances of the crime: The witness must be able to identify the sabbatical cycle within the Jubilee, the year of the seven-year cycle, the month, the day of the month, the day of the week, the time of day, and the place.


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:7
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בְּדִיקוֹת מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְהִנֵּה אֱמֶת נָכוֹן הַדָּבָר**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. On what basis do I know that
[there is a formal procedure of] *probing*?
**The Teaching states:**
**“And, indeed, the *report* is true and well-founded” (Dt. 13:15)—**


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:8
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אִם סוֹפֵנוּ לְרַבּוֹת בְּדִיקוֹת, מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר חֲקִירוֹת? חֲקִירוֹת, אָמַר אֶחָד ׳אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ׳ – עֵדוּתָם בְּטֵלָה. בְּדִיקוֹת, אָמַר אֶחָד ׳אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ׳, וַאֲפִלּוּ שְׁנַיִם אוֹמְרִים ׳אֵין אָנוּ יוֹדְעִים׳ – עֵדוּתָם קַיֶּמֶת.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**[necessitating a thorough probe].**
**But if we are eventually**
**going to include *probings*, (*bediqot*)**
**what is the point of the Teaching**
**that mentions *investigations (khaqirot*; Dt. 13:15)?**
***Investigations* implies that**
**if one witness [of two] testified: “I don’t know”—**
**the their testimony is nullified.**
***Probings* implies that**
**if one witness testified: “I don’t know”—**
**and even if two testified: “we don’t know”—**
**their testimony is sustained.**


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:9
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אֶחָד חֲקִירוֹת וְאֶחָד בְּדִיקוֹת, בִּזְמַן שֶׁמַּכְחִישִׁים זֶה אֶת זֶה – עֵדוּתָם בְּטֵלָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
***Investigations* and *probings* are alike**
**in that, when they are in conflict,**
**their testimony is nullified.**


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:10
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**נֶעֶשְׂתָה הַתּוֹעֵבָה הַזֹּאת** – לְרַבּוֹת גֵּרִים וַעֲבָדִים מְשֻׁחְרָרִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“That this abomination was done among *you*” (Dt. 13:15)—**
**including the participation of converts and freed [Hebrew] slaves.**¹⁸⁹ 149.1

footnotes:
¹⁸⁹ Cf. Pisqa’