Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 170
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(דברים יח ט) כִּי אַתָּה בָּא אֶל הָאָרֶץ, עֲשֵׂה מִצְוָה הָאֲמוּרָה בָּעִנְיָן, שֶׁבִּשְׂכָרָהּ תִּכָּנֵס לָאָרֶץ.
(Devarim 18:9) "When you come to the land": Perform the mitzvah stated herein, in whose reward you will enter the land.
אֲשֶׁר ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ נוֹתֵן לָךְ – בִּזְכוּתְךָ.
"that the L-rd your G-d gives to you": in your merit.
לֹא תִלְמַד לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּתוֹעֲבוֹת הַגּוֹיִם הָהֵם – יָכוֹל אִי אַתָּה רַשַּׁי לִלְמוֹד לְהוֹרוֹת וּלְהָבִין? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: לַעֲשׂוֹת – לַעֲשׂוֹת אִי אַתָּה לָמֵד, אֲבָל אַתָּה לָמֵד לְהוֹרוֹת וּלְהָבִין!
"you shall not learn to do as the abominations of those nations": I might think that you are forbidden to understand and teach (the falsity of their ways); it is, therefore, written "to do." You may not learn them to do them, but you may learn them to each and to understand.