Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 92
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(דברים יג יג) כִּי תִשְׁמַע – וְלֹא הַחוֹזֵר וְהַמְּצַתֵּת.
(Devarim 13:13) "If you hear": There is no need to press an inquiry.
יָכוֹל יְהֵא רָטוּשׁ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״וְדָרַשְׁתָּ וְחָקַרְתָּ וְשָׁאַלְתָּ הֵיטֵב״, ״וְדָרַשְׁתָּ״ – מִן הַתּוֹרָה, ״וְחָקַרְתָּ״ – מִן הָעֵדִים, ״וְשָׁאַלְתָּ״ – מִן הַתַּלְמִידִים.
I might think, then, that one need not pursue it, (even if he did hear); it is, therefore, written (15) "And you shall inquire, and you shall search out, and you shall ask well."
בְּאַחַת עָרֶיךָ, עִיר אַחַת עוֹשִׂים עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת, וְאֵין עוֹשִׂים שָׁלֹשׁ עֲיָרוֹת נִדָּחוֹת. יָכוֹל אַף לֹא שְׁתַּיִם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: בְּאַחַת עָרֶיךָ.
"in one of your cities": one city is made "a condemned city," and not three. I might think, not even two; it is, therefore, written "your cities."
אֲשֶׁר ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ נוֹתֵן לְךָ – בְּכָל מָקוֹם.
"which the L-rd your G-d gives to you": to exclude (cities) outside of Eretz Yisrael.
לָשֶׁבֶת שָׁם – פְּרָט לִירוּשָׁלִַם, שֶׁלֹּא נִתְּנָה לְבֵית דִּירָה.
"to dwell there": to exclude Jerusalem, which was not apportioned (among the tribes) for dwelling.