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לשבת שם. פְּרָט לִירוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁלֹּא נִתְּנָה לְדִירָה (שם): לשבת שם [IF THOU SHALT HEAR SAY IN THE CITIES WHICH THE LORD THY GOD HATH GIVEN THEE] TO ABIDE THERE — The words “to abide there” are added to exclude Jerusalem which city was not intended as a dwelling-place (Sifrei Devarim 92:5; cf. Bava Kamma 82b).
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כי תשמע, לאמר. אוֹמְרִים כֵּן יָצְאוּ וְגוֹ' – כי תשמע לאמור IF THOU SHALT HEAR … SAYING means, if thou shalt hear people saying thus: “[Certain men, worthless persons,] have gone out” etc.