Parashas Haazinu · Passuk from filename
Torah Temimah points to Torah Temimah citation.
English: The Sages taught: When there is a plague in the city, gather in your feet [stay indoors], as it is said “Outside the sword will bereave, and indoors terror.”
Custom (A practical directive for times of epidemic drawn from the verse’s description of danger both outside and inside.)
The verse’s pairing of external sword and internal terror is applied to a city struck by plague: one should limit movement outdoors. The Torah’s language itself supplies the counsel of caution.