EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Shoftim · Passuk 20:15
Thus you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Chazal / classical source (beyond TT-numbered main-ring units): Sifrei Devarim 200.
Lemma: כֵּן תַּעֲשֶׂה לְכׇל הֶעָרִים הָרְחֹקֹת.
English: ‘Thus you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you’ – and not to the cities of these nations.
Derash distinguishing the two categories of cities (Sifrei) — distance determines the applicable law.
The rules of peace-offer, siege, and limited killing apply to cities far from the Land; the cities of the seven nations are under a different, stricter command.