Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 180
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(דברים יט ב) שָׁלֹשׁ עָרִים, עָרִים וְלֹא טִירִים, עָרִים וְלֹא כְּרַכִּים, עָרִים וְלֹא כְּפָרִים.
Pisq’a 180²⁰⁶
- You shall designate for yourself . . . three cities” (Dt. 19:2)— cities, but not fortresses; cities, but not capitols; **cities, but not towns.**²⁰⁷
footnotes: ²⁰⁶ H: 204; JN2: 60. ²⁰⁷ //T. Mak.3:8; cf. Sifre Num, 159.
תַּבְדִּיל לָךְ – וְלֹא לַאֲחֵרִים.
“Designate for yourself” (Dt. 19:2)— **but not for [gentile] others.**²⁰⁸ 116.2
footnotes: ²⁰⁸ Cf. Pisqa’
בְּתוֹךְ אַרְצְךָ – וְלֹא בַּסְּפָר.
“Within your Land” (Dt. 19:2)— **but not along the border.**²⁰⁹
footnotes: ²⁰⁹ Cf. Sifre Num, 160.
אֲשֶׁר ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ נוֹתֵן לְךָ לְרִשְׁתָּהּ, מַה שֶּׁתִּירַשׁ – תִּכְבֹּשׁ.
“Which HASHEM your God is giving you to inherit” (Dt. 19:2)— you will have to conquer whatever you inherit.
(דברים יט ג) תָּכִין לְךָ הַדֶּרֶךְ, תָּכִין לְךָ סְטְרָטְיָאוֹת שֶׁיְּהוּ מְפֹרָשׁוֹת לְתוֹכָהּ.
- “Prepare for yourself the way” (Dt. 19:3)— prepare for yourself highways that lead straight to it.
וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ אֶת גְּבוּל אַרְצְךָ, שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ מְפֻזָּרוֹת אֶלָּא יִהְיוּ מְכֻוָּנוֹת, כִּשְׁתֵּי שׁוּרוֹת שֶׁבַּכֶּרֶם.
“And tri-sect the boundary of your Land” (Dt. 19:3)— so that the [three cities] are not scattered, **but are aligned like two rows of a vineyard.**²¹⁰
footnotes: ²¹⁰ Cf. T. Mak. 2:3, M. Mak.2:5.
אֲשֶׁר יַנְחִילְךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ – לְרַבּוֹת עֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן.
“Which HASHEM your God is bequeathing to you” (Dt. 19:3)— this includes the trans-Jordanian territories **[of Gad, Reuben, and Menasseh].**²¹¹ 164.1
footnotes: ²¹¹ Cf. Sifre Nu, 160 and Pisqa’
וְהָיָה לָנוּס שָׁמָּה כָּל רוֹצֵחַ, שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיֶה גוֹלֶה מֵעִיר לְעִיר.
“So that any one who unwittingly kills [an innocent party] might seek asylum there” (Dt. 19:3)— so that he needn’t be expelled from city to city.²¹² 183.2
footnotes: ²¹² Cf. Pisqa’