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Sifrei Devarim 95

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(Devarim 13:17) "And all of its spoil": to include the property of the wicked (found) outside of it.

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"into the midst of its square": If it has no square, one is made for it.

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If its square were outside of it, whence is it derived that it is gathered within it? From "into the midst of its square."

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"and you shall burn with fire the city and all of its spoil": and not the spoil of Heaven

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— whence it was ruled: Its consecrated objects are to be redeemed; its terumoth are to be left to spoil; its ma'aser sheni and holy writings are to be secreted.

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"entirely, for the L-rd your G-d": If you execute judgment against a condemned city, I shall account it to you as if you sacrificed a burnt-offering "entirely" before Me. "And it shall be a heap forever": And thus is it written of Jericho (Joshua 26:6) "And Joshua swore … Cursed is the man … who shall arise and rebuild the city, Jericho." Do we not know that Jericho is its name? The intent is, rather, that it not be rebuilt and called by the name of a different city and that another city not be built and called "Jericho." (Ibid.)

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"With his first-born son shall he lay its foundations, and with his youngest shall he plant its gates." And thus is it written (I Kings 16:34) "In his (Achav's) days Chiel of Beth-el built Jericho. With his first-born son he laid its foundations, and with his youngest son he planted its gates." I might think that (Joshua swore thus) unintentionally; it is, therefore, written (Ibid.) "according to the word of the L-rd that He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun."

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