Shoftim 20:17 · unit 2

TT #321 · Parashas Shoftim · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 20:17

The Complete Passuk

כִּֽי־הַחֲרֵ֣ם תַּחֲרִימֵ֗ם הַחִתִּ֤י וְהָאֱמֹרִי֙ הַכְּנַעֲנִ֣י וְהַפְּרִזִּ֔י הַחִוִּ֖י וְהַיְבוּסִ֑י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּךָ֖ יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃

For you shall utterly destroy them – the Chitti and the Emori, the Kenaani and the Perizzi, the Chivvi and the Yevusi – as the Eternal your God has commanded you.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 200.

TT lemma: כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim 200

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ – בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר.

English: ‘As the Eternal your God has commanded you’ – elsewhere.

On the daf / in context: The command refers back to earlier statements of the herem.

Type of Learning

Derash linking to prior commands (Sifrei) — the verse recalls the earlier mitzvah of destroying the seven nations.

What Is Learned

The herem of the seven nations is the same command already given; this verse reaffirms it in the context of war.