Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 179
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(דברים יט א) כִּי יַכְרִית ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת הַגּוֹיִם, בִּזְכוּתְךָ.
Pisqa’ 179²⁰⁵
- “When HASHEM your God cuts down the gentiles” (Dt. 19:1)— because you deserve it.
footnotes: ²⁰⁵ H: 203-204; JN2: 58-59.
וִירִשְׁתָּם וְיָשַׁבְתָּ בְעָרֵיהֶם וּבְבָתֵּיהֶם, מִכְּלָל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְיָשַׁבְתָּ בְעָרֵיהֶם וּבְבָתֵּיהֶם יָכוֹל אִי אַתָּה רַשַּׁי לְהוֹסִיף עַל הַבִּנְיָן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (דברים יב כט): ״וְיָשַׁבְתָּ בְּאַרְצָם״; כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁאַתָּה רוֹצֶה לִבְנוֹת – בְּנֵה!
“And you dispossess them, settling in their cities and houses” (Dt. 19:1). Inferring from what is stated— “settling in their cities and houses” (Dt. 19:1)— is it possible to say that you are not free to add to existing structures? The Teaching states: “And you shall settle their Land” Dt. 13:29)— wherever you want to build, build!