הלכות עבודה זרה וחוקות הגויים ד׳Foreign Worship and Customs of the Nations 4

Halacha 1א׳

מַדִּיחֵי עִיר מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ נִסְקָלִין אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא עָבְדוּ עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים אֶלָּא הִדִּיחוּ אֶת יוֹשְׁבֵי עִירָם עַד שֶׁעָבְדוּ אוֹתָהּ. וְאַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר הַמֻּדָּחִין נֶהֱרָגִין בְּסַיִף וְהוּא שֶׁעָבְדוּ עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים אוֹ שֶׁקִּבְּלוּהָ עֲלֵיהֶם בֶּאֱלוֹהַּ. וְאַזְהָרָה לַמַּדִּיחַ מִנַּיִן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לֹא יִשָּׁמַע עַל פִּיךָ:

Those who seduce a city of Israel to idolatry are put to death by stoning, even if they themselves did not worship an idol but only seduced the inhabitants of their city to do so. The seduced inhabitants are put to death by the sword, provided that they worshipped an idol or accepted it as a god. Whence is the prohibition of seduction to idolatry inferred ? From the text "Neither let it be heard out of thy mouth (Ex. 23:13).

Halacha 2ב׳

אֵין הָעִיר נַעֲשֵׂית עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת עַד שֶׁיִּהְיוּ מַדִּיחֶיהָ מִתּוֹכָהּ וּמֵאוֹתוֹ הַשֵּׁבֶט שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר מִקִּרְבֶּךָ (דברים יג יד) "וַיַּדִּיחוּ אֶת יוֹשְׁבֵי עִירָם". וְעַד שֶׁיִּהְיוּ מַדִּיחֶיהָ שְׁנַיִם אוֹ יֶתֶר עַל שְׁנַיִם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יג יד) "יָצְאוּ אֲנָשִׁים בְּנֵי בְלִיַּעַל וַיַּדִּיחוּ אֶת ישְׁבֵי עִירָם". וְעַד שֶׁיַּדִּיחוּ רֻבָּהּ. וְיִהְיוּ הַמֻּדָּחִין מִמֵּאָה וְעַד רֻבּוֹ שֶׁל שֵׁבֶט. אֲבָל אִם הֻדַּח רֻבּוֹ שֶׁל שֵׁבֶט דָּנִין אוֹתָם כִּיחִידִים שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יג טז) "ישְׁבֵי הָעִיר" לֹא כְּפָר קָטָן וְלֹא כְּרַךְ גָּדוֹל. וְכָל פָּחוֹת מִמֵּאָה כְּפָר קָטָן. וְרֻבּוֹ שֶׁל שֵׁבֶט כְּרַךְ גָּדוֹל. וְכֵן אִם הִדִּיחוּהָ נָשִׁים אוֹ קְטַנִּים אוֹ שֶׁהִדִּיחָהּ יָחִיד אוֹ שֶׁהֻדְּחָה מִעוּטָהּ אוֹ שֶׁהֻדְּחוּ מֵאֲלֵיהֶן אוֹ שֶׁהָיוּ מַדִּיחֶיהָ מִחוּצָה לָהּ אֵין דָּנִין בָּהּ דִּין עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת אֶלָּא הֲרֵי הֵן כִּיחִידִים שֶׁעָבְדוּ עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים וְסוֹקְלִין כָּל מִי שֶׁעָבַד וּמָמוֹנָן לְיוֹרְשֵׁיהֶן כִּשְׁאָר הֲרוּגֵי בֵּית דִּין:

A city does not become a seduced city unless those who have led it astray belong to it and are of the same tribe as the rest of its inhabitants, as it is said, "From the midst of thee, and they have drawn away the inhabitants of their city" (Deut. 13:14); unless the seducers are two or more than two, as it is said "Certain base fellows are gone out…. and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city" (ibid 13:14); and unless those seduced are the majority of its inhabitants and number from one hundred up to the majority of the tribe. But if the majority of a tribe has been led astray, they are judged individually, as it is said, "the inhabitants of that city" (Deut. 13:16), that is, not of a small village nor of a large capital. A population of less than a hundred forms a small village and the majority of a tribe constitutes a large capital. So too, if women or children have seduced it, or a single male adult has done so, or a minority only of its inhabitants have been led astray, or if they have gone astray of themselves, or the seducers came from outside—in all these cases, the law of the seduced city is not applied to it; the inhabitants are regarded as individuals who have worshipped idolatry. Whoever has transgressed is put to death by stoning, while the transgressors' property passes to their heirs, as in the case of other malefactors, executed by sentence of a judicial court.

Halacha 3ג׳

אֵין דָּנִין עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת אֶלָּא בְּבֵית דִּין שֶׁל אֶחָד וְשִׁבְעִים שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יז ה) "וְהוֹצֵאתָ אֶת הָאִישׁ הַהוּא אוֹ אֶת הָאִשָּׁה הַהִיא אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֶת הַדָּבָר הָרָע הַזֶּה אֶל שְׁעָרֶיךָ", יְחִידִים נֶהֱרָגִים בְּבֵית דִּין שֶׁל כָּל שַׁעַר וְשַׁעַר וְאֵין הַמְרֻבִּים נֶהֱרָגִין אֶלָּא בְּבֵית דִּין הַגָּדוֹל:

A seduced city may only be tried by a Court of seventy-one judges, as it is said "Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman who have done this evil thing unto thy gates" (Deut. 17:5), which means that individual offenders are executed by the sentence of a court at the gate (Tribal court of twenty-three judges); but majorities of cities are only executed if tried and sentenced by the Supreme Court (Seventy-one judges).

Halacha 4ד׳

אֵין אַחַת מֵעָרֵי מִקְלָט נַעֲשֵׂית עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ((דברים יז ב) "בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ") [בְּאַחַת עָרֶיךָ]. וְלֹא יְרוּשָׁלַיִם נַעֲשֵׂית עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא נִתְחַלְּקָה לִשְׁבָטִים. וְאֵין עוֹשִׂין עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת בַּסְּפָר כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִכָּנְסוּ עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וְיַחֲרִיבוּ אֶת אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל. וְאֵין בֵּית דִּין אֶחָד עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלֹשׁ עֲיָרוֹת הַנִּדָּחוֹת זוֹ בְּצַד זוֹ. אֲבָל אִם הָיוּ מְרֻחָקוֹת עוֹשֶׂה:

None of the Cities of Refuge (Num. 35:10-15), can ever become a seduced city, as it is said, "in one of thy cities" (Deut. 13:13). Nor can Jerusalem be condemned as a seduced city, since it had never been assigned to (any of) the tribes. A frontier town is never condemned as a seduced city, so that idolaters might not invade the Holy Land of Israel and destroy it. One court cannot declare three cities, adjacent to each other, to be seduced cities. But it may so declare them if they are at a distance from each other.

Halacha 5ה׳

אֵין עוֹשִׂין עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת עַד שֶׁיַּדִּיחוּהָ מַדִּיחֶיהָ בִּלְשׁוֹן רַבִּים וְיֹאמְרוּ לָהֶן נֵלֵךְ וְנַעֲבֹד אוֹ נֵלֵךְ וְנִזְבַּח אוֹ נֵלֵךְ וְנַקְטִיר אוֹ נֵלֵךְ וּנְנַסֵּךְ אוֹ נֵלֵךְ וְנִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה אוֹ נֵלֵךְ וּנְקַבֵּל בֶּאֱלוֹהַּ וְהֵם שׁוֹמְעִים וְעָבְדוּ אוֹתָהּ דֶּרֶךְ עֲבוֹדָתָהּ אוֹ בְּאַחַת מֵאַרְבַּע עֲבוֹדוֹת אוֹ שֶׁקִּבְּלוּהָ בֵּאלוֹהַּ. עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת שֶׁלֹּא נִתְקַיְּמוּ בָּהּ וּבְמַדִּיחֶיהָ כָּל הַתְּנָאִים הָאֵלּוּ הֵיאַךְ עוֹשִׂים לָהֶם, מַתְרִין וּמְעִידִין בְּכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד מֵהֶן שֶׁעָבַד עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים וְסוֹקְלִין אוֹתָם כִּיחִידִים שֶׁעָבְדוּ וּמָמוֹנָם לְיוֹרְשֵׁיהֶם:

A city is not declared a seduced city unless the seducers used the plural number and said to the inhabitants 'let us go and worship', 'let us go and sacrifice', 'let us go and pour out libations', 'let us go and bow down', or 'let us go and accept the idol as a god'; and the people gave heed and worshipped it with its special ritual; or in one of the four modes appropriate to the worship of God, or accepted the idol as a god. In a city where all these conditions have not been fulfilled by it and its seducers, how are the inhabitants to be treated ? Those who have worshipped idols are to be warned separately, and after testimony has been given of their persisting in idolatry, they are put to death by stoning as individuals who worshipped idols. Their property passes to their heirs.

Halacha 6ו׳

וְהֵיאַךְ דִּין עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת. בִּזְמַן שֶׁתִּהְיֶה רְאוּיָה לְהֵעָשׂוֹת עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת. בֵּית דִּין הַגָּדוֹל שׁוֹלְחִין וְדוֹרְשִׁין וְחוֹקְרִין עַד שֶׁיֵּדְעוּ בִּרְאָיָה בְּרוּרָה שֶׁהֻדְּחָה כָּל הָעִיר אוֹ רֻבָּהּ וְחָזְרוּ לַעֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים. אַחַר כָּךְ שׁוֹלְחִים לָהֶם שְׁנֵי תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים לְהַזְהִירָם וּלְהַחֲזִירָם. אִם חָזְרוּ וְעָשׂוּ תְּשׁוּבָה מוּטָב וְאִם יַעַמְדוּ בְּאִוַּלְתָּן בֵּית דִּין מְצַוִּין לְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל לַעֲלוֹת עֲלֵיהֶן לַצָּבָא וְהֵן צָרִין עֲלֵיהֶם וְעוֹרְכִין עִמָּהֶן מִלְחָמָה עַד שֶׁתִּבָּקַע הָעִיר. כְּשֶׁתִּבָּקַע מִיָּד מַרְבִּין לָהֶם בָּתֵּי דִּינִין וְדָנִים אוֹתָם. כָּל מִי שֶׁבָּאוּ עָלָיו שְׁנֵי עֵדִים שֶׁעָבַד כּוֹכָבִים אַחַר שֶׁהִתְרוּ אוֹתוֹ מַפְרִישִׁין אוֹתוֹ. נִמְצְאוּ כָּל הָעוֹבְדִים מִעוּטָהּ סוֹקְלִין אוֹתָן וּשְׁאָר הָעִיר נִצּוֹל. נִמְצְאוּ רֻבָּהּ מַעֲלִין אוֹתָן לְבֵית דִּין הַגָּדוֹל וְגוֹמְרִין שָׁם דִּינָם וְהוֹרְגִין כָּל אֵלּוּ שֶׁעָבְדוּ בְּסַיִף. וּמַכִּין אֶת כָּל נֶפֶשׁ אָדָם אֲשֶׁר בָּהּ לְפִי חָרֶב טַף וְנָשִׁים אִם הֻדְּחָה כֻּלָּהּ. וְאִם נִמְצְאוּ הָעוֹבְדִים רֻבָּהּ מַכִּים אֶת כָּל הַטַּף וְנָשִׁים שֶׁל עוֹבְדִים לְפִי חָרֶב. וּבֵין שֶׁהֻדְּחָה כֻּלָּהּ בֵּין שֶׁהֻדְּחָה רֻבָּהּ סוֹקְלִין אֶת מַדִּיחֶיהָ וּמְקַבְּצִין כָּל שְׁלָלָהּ אֶל תּוֹךְ רְחוֹבָהּ. אֵין לָהּ רְחוֹב עוֹשִׂין לָהּ רְחוֹב. הָיָה רְחוֹבָהּ חוּצָה לָהּ בּוֹנִין חוֹמָה חוּץ מִמֶּנּוּ עַד שֶׁיִּכָּנֵס לְתוֹכָהּ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר אֶל תּוֹךְ רְחֹבָהּ. וְהוֹרְגִין כָּל נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה אֲשֶׁר בָּהּ וְשׂוֹרְפִין אֶת כָּל שְׁלָלָהּ עִם הַמְּדִינָה בָּאֵשׁ. וּשְׂרֵפָתָהּ מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יג יז) "וְשָׂרַפְתָּ בָאֵשׁ אֶת הָעִיר וְאֶת כָּל שְׁלָלָהּ":

What is the procedure in the case of a seduced city, when it is in a condition to be declared a seduced city ? The Supreme Court sends a Commission, through whom it institutes an enquiry and inquisition, till the Judges are convinced on clear evidence that all or the greater part of that city's population have been led astray and relapsed into idolatry. Then they send to them two scholars to warn them and try to bring them back to the right path. If they repent, it is well. But if they persist in their folly, the Court charges all Israel to organise an expedition against them. They lay siege to, and wage war upon them till the city is taken by storm. After it has been taken, a large number of tribunals is set up to try the inhabitants. Any one against whom two witnesses come and testify that he worshipped idols, after having been warned, is set apart. If all who worshipped idols are found to be a minority of the inhabitants, they are stoned, and the rest are saved. If those who worshipped idols are found to be the majority, they are brought before the Supreme Court, where their trial is completed. All those who worshipped idols are put to death by decapitation. If it is found that all the inhabitants had worshipped idols, all human beings in the city, including women and children, are put to the sword. If a majority of the inhabitants had worshipped idols, the wives and children of the idolaters are slain with the sword. Whether the whole city or a majority of its inhabitants had been seduced, those who seduced them are put to death by stoning. All the property in the city is gathered into its broadway. If it has no broadway, a broadway is constructed for it. If its broadway is situated outside the city, an exterior wall is built, so as to enclose it within the city, as it is said, "into the midst of the broad place thereof" (Deut. 13:17). All living creatures in the city are slain and all other property, together with the district itself, is burnt. This destruction by fire is an affirmative precept, as it is said, "And thou shalt burn with fire the city and all the spoil thereof" (Deut. 13:17).

Halacha 7ז׳

נִכְסֵי הַצַּדִּיקִים שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ וְהֵם שְׁאָר יוֹשְׁבֵי הָעִיר שֶׁלֹּא הֻדְּחוּ עִם רֻבָּהּ נִשְׂרָפִין בִּכְלַל שְׁלָלָהּ הוֹאִיל וְיָשְׁבוּ שָׁם מָמוֹנָן אָבַד. וְכָל הַנֶּהֱנֶה מִמֶּנָּה בְּכָל שֶׁהוּא לוֹקֶה אַחַת שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יג יח) "וְלֹא יִדְבַּק בְּיָדְךָ מְאוּמָה מִן הַחֵרֶם":

Property belonging to the righteous men in the city, that is, those inhabitants who were not led astray with the majority, is burnt with the rest of the goods in the city; because they lived there, their property is destroyed. Whoever converts any portion of it, however small, to his use, is punished with the statutory (39) stripes; as it is said "And there shall cleave naught of the devoted thing to thy hand" (Deut. 13:18).

Halacha 8ח׳

וְעִיר הַנִּדַּחַת שֶׁהוּזְמוּ עֵדֵיהָ כָּל הַמַּחֲזִיק בִּנְכָסֶיהָ זָכָה וּמֻתָּר לֵהָנוֹת בּוֹ שֶׁהֲרֵי הוּזְמוּ. וְלָמָּה זָכָה בָּהּ שֶׁכָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד כְּבָר הִפְקִיר מָמוֹנוֹ מִשָּׁעָה שֶׁנִּגְמַר דִּינוֹ. וְאֵינָהּ נִבְנֵית לְעוֹלָם וְכָל הַבּוֹנֶה אוֹתָהּ לוֹקֶה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יג יז) "לֹא תִבָּנֶה עוֹד". וּמֻתָּר לַעֲשׂוֹתָהּ גִּנּוֹת וּפַרְדֵּסִים שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לֹא תִבָּנֶה עוֹד לֹא תִבָּנֶה מְדִינָה כְּמוֹ שֶׁהָיְתָה:

If the witnesses, on whose evidence a city has been declared a seduced city, are found to have given false testimony, one who has taken possession of any portion of its property acquires the right to the same, and may convert it to his use—the reason being that the witnesses' testimony was refuted.** And therefore the property need not be destroyed (as in paragraphs 6 and 7). Why, however, did he acquire the right to the property ? The answer is that every owner of property in that city, immediately after conviction, divested himself of his ownership, by dereliction. The city is never rebuilt, and whoever rebuilds it, is punished with stripes, as it is said "It shall not again be built" (Deut. 13:17). But the site may be converted into gardens and parks, as it is said "It shall not be built again"—which means that it may not be rebuilt as an inhabited district, such as it formerly had been.

Halacha 9ט׳

שַׁיָּרָא הָעוֹבֶרֶת מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם אִם עָבְרָה בָּעִיר הַנִּדַּחַת וְהֻדְּחָה עִמָּהּ. אִם שָׁהֲתָה שָׁם שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם נֶהֱרָגִין בְּסַיִף וּמָמוֹנָם אָבֵד וְאִם לָאו הֵן בִּסְקִילָה וּמָמוֹנָם לְיוֹרְשֵׁיהֶן:

When a caravan, travelling from place to place, passed through a city that had been seduced and was also seduced with it, the members of the caravan are put to death by decapitation and their property is destroyed—provided that the caravan stayed in the city at least thirty days. Otherwise, they are put to death by stoning, and their property passes to their heirs.

Halacha 10י׳

נִכְסֵי אַנְשֵׁי מְדִינָה אַחֶרֶת שֶׁהָיוּ מֻפְקָדִין בְּתוֹכָהּ אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁקִּבְּלוּ עֲלֵיהֶן אַחֲרָיוּת אֵין נִשְׂרָפִין אֶלָּא יַחְזְרוּ לְבַעֲלֵיהֶן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יג יז) "שְׁלָלָהּ" וְלֹא שְׁלַל חֲבֵרְתָהּ. נִכְסֵי הָרְשָׁעִים שֶׁהֻדְּחוּ שֶׁהָיוּ מֻפְקָדִין בִּמְדִינָה אַחֶרֶת אִם נִקְבְּצוּ עִמָּהּ נִשְׂרָפִין בִּכְלָלָהּ וְאִם לָאו אֵין מְאַבְּדִים אוֹתָם אֶלָּא יִנָּתְנוּ לְיוֹרְשֵׁיהֶם:

Property belonging to residents in another district, but deposited in the seduced city—even when responsibility for its safekeeping was assumed by citizens of the condemned city—is not burnt but reverts to the owners, as it is said, "The spoil thereof" (Deut. 13:17)—not the spoil of another district. Property owned by the wicked who were seduced, and which was deposited in another district, if it had been collected and placed with the property in the condemned city, is burnt with it. Otherwise it is not destroyed but passes to the heirs.

Halacha 11י״א

בְּהֵמָה חֶצְיָהּ שֶׁל עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת וְחֶצְיָהּ שֶׁל עִיר אַחֶרֶת שֶׁהָיְתָה בְּתוֹכָהּ הֲרֵי זוֹ אֲסוּרָה. וְעִסָּה שֶׁהִיא כֵּן מֻתֶּרֶת לְפִי שֶׁאֶפְשָׁר לְחַלְּקָהּ:

A beast, half interest in which belongs to a seduced city (or a resident in it), while the other half is the property of another city, if found in the seduced city, may not be converted to private use. A mass of dough, similarly owned, may be used, because it is capable of partition.

Halacha 12י״ב

בְּהֵמָה שֶׁל עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת שֶׁנִּשְׁחֲטָה אֲסוּרָה בַּהֲנָאָה כְּשׁוֹר הַנִּסְקָל שֶׁנִּשְׁחַט. שְׂעַר הָרֹאשׁ בֵּין שֶׁל אֲנָשִׁים בֵּין שֶׁל נָשִׁים שֶׁבָּהּ מֻתָּר בַּהֲנָאָה אֲבָל שֶׁל פֵּאָה נָכְרִית הֲרֵי הוּא מִכְּלַל שְׁלָלָהּ וְאָסוּר:

A beast owned by a seduced city, even after it had been ritually slaughtered, may not be converted to private use, as is the rule with an ox condemned to be stoned (Ex. 21:28-32) that had been ritually slaughtered. Natural hair of the men or women of the seduced city may be used. But the hair of a wig found there, comes within the category of "the spoil thereof" and may not be used.

Halacha 13י״ג

פֵּרוֹת הַמְחֻבָּרִין שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ מֻתָּרִין שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יג יז) "תִּקְבֹּץ" (דברים יג יז) "וְשָׂרַפְתָּ" מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְחֻסָּר אֶלָּא קִבּוּץ וּשְׂרֵפָה יָצְאוּ פֵּרוֹת הַמְחֻבָּרִין שֶׁהֵן מְחֻסָּרִין תְּלִישָׁה וְקִבּוּץ וּשְׂרֵפָה. וְהוּא הַדִּין לִשְׂעַר הָרֹאשׁ וְאֵין צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר הָאִילָנוֹת עַצְמָן שֶׁהֵן מֻתָּרִים וַהֲרֵי הֵן שֶׁל יוֹרְשֵׁיהֶם. הַהֶקְדֵּשׁוֹת שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ קָדְשֵׁי מִזְבֵּחַ יָמוּתוּ [שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר] זֶבַח רְשָׁעִים תּוֹעֵבָה. קָדְשֵׁי בֶּדֶק הַבַּיִת יִפָּדוּ וְאַחַר כָּךְ שׂוֹרְפִין אוֹתָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יג יז) "שְׁלָלָהּ" וְלֹא שְׁלַל שָׁמַיִם:

Fruits (of the field or orchard), not yet severed and found in the seduced city, may be enjoyed, as it is said, "And thou shalt gather…. and shalt burn" (Deut. 13:17). The text refers to that which only needs to be gathered and burnt, but not to fruits still attached (to the soil or tree), for these must be severed before they can be gathered and burnt. The same principle applies to the hair of the head, and, needless to add, to trees which are permitted to be used and become the property of the heirs. In regard to sanctified property, cattle set apart to be sacrificed on the altar are suffered to die a natural death, for "the sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination" (Prov. 21:27). If they had been contributed to defray the cost of repairing the sacred edifice, they are to be redeemed, and then are burnt, as it is said "The spoil thereof" (Deut. 13:17), but not the possessions of God.

Halacha 14י״ד

הַבְּכוֹר וְהַמַּעֲשֵׂר שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ תְּמִימִים הֲרֵי הֵן קָדְשֵׁי מִזְבֵּחַ וְיָמוּתוּ. וּבַעֲלֵי מוּמִים הֲרֵי הֵן בִּכְלַל בְּהֶמְתָּהּ וְנֶהֱרָגִין. הַתְּרוּמוֹת שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ אִם הִגִּיעוּ לְיַד כֹּהֵן יֵרָקְבוּ מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵם נְכָסָיו. וְאִם עֲדַיִן הֵן בְּיַד יִשְׂרָאֵל יִנָּתְנוּ לְכֹהֵן שֶׁל מְדִינָה אַחֶרֶת מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵן נִכְסֵי שָׁמַיִם וּקְדֻשָּׁתָן קְדֻשַּׁת הַגּוּף:

The first born (of cattle) and the tithe of cattle found in the city, if without blemish, are treated like sacrifices for the altar, and suffered to die. If blemished, they are treated like the ordinary cattle of the city and are slain. Heave-offerings (Num. 18:11), found in it, which have passed into the possession of a priest, are to be left to rot, being his property. If they are still in the possession of the Israelite (owner of the produce) they should be given to a priest resident in another district, for they are God's property and intrinsically sacred.

Halacha 15ט״ו

מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי וְכֶסֶף מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי וְכִתְבֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ יִגָּנְזוּ:

The Second Tithe (Deut. 14:22-23) and the money into which it has been converted (ibid. 14:24-26), and likewise sacred scriptures, found in a seduced city, must be put away in a place of concealment.

Halacha 16ט״ז

כָּל הָעוֹשֶׂה דִּין בְּעִיר הַנִּדַּחַת הֲרֵי זֶה כְּמַקְרִיב עוֹלָה כָּלִיל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יג יז) "כָּלִיל לַה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ". וְלֹא עוֹד אֶלָּא שֶׁמְּסַלֵּק חֲרוֹן אַף מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יג יח) "לְמַעַן יָשׁוּב ה' מֵחֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ". וּמֵבִיא עֲלֵיהֶם בְּרָכָה וְרַחֲמִים שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יג יח) "וְנָתַן לְךָ רַחֲמִים וְרִחַמְךָ וְהִרְבֶּךָ":

Whoever executes judgment on a seduced city performs a meritorious act, as much as one who offers up a burnt offering that is wholly consumed, as it is said, "Every whit unto the Lord, thy God" (Deut. 13:18). Yea more, he averts fierce wrath from Israel, as it is said, "that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger" (ibid. 13:18); and brings blessing and mercy upon Israelites, as it is said "And show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee" (ibid. 13:18).