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BEFORE GOD
RASHIS COVERED: Dt12-18a BEFORE GOD=IN TEMPLE AREA Lv14-11a Nu05-18c VERY BRIEF SUMMARY: ------------------- One of Rashis 6 main Goals is to explain the meaning of words the same way a dictionary explains the meaning of words. But Rashis doesnt just explain words--he also explains phrases. A PHRASE is a collection of words, EACH of which is understood, but TOGETHER has a NEW MEANING totally different from each of the words. In todays and tomorrows posting Rashi explains the phrase BEFORE GOD which means RELIGIOUSLY. It is used in 4 ways It can denote a) Gods Temple, b) a DESERVED & JUST act, c) a GODLY RELIGIOUS life, and d) ARROGANTLY defying God. ------------------------------------------------------ TODAYS RASHI RULE: WORD MEANINGS TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: NEW MEANINGS ------------------------------------------------------ BRIED DESCRIPTION OF RULE and SUBRULE ------------------------------------- One of Rashis 6 main goals was to function like a dictionary and present the meanings of WORDS. Rashi also explains the meaning of PHRASES. The difference between a WORD and PHRASE is as follows: A PHRASE is a collection of INDIVIDUAL words EACH of which is understood but together forms a new unit which has a DIFFERENT MEANING. STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE --------------------------------- http://www.RashiYomi.com/words.htm (The RashiYomi dictionary) http://www.RashiYomi.com/naming-8.htm (8 methods for naming objects) http://www.RashiYomi.com/means-32.htm (13 methods for Proving a meaning) Note these two postings are related but distinct. In retrospect however there is much overlap which is why I am bringing them together. TODAYS EXAMPLE -------------- The first list today shows verses where BEFORE GOD refers to some aspect of the TEMPLE, Gods home. The interesting thing is that depending on context BEFORE GOD can refer either to the TEMPLE, or the HOLY OF HOLIES of the Temple, or less specifically to all of JERUSALEM. The footnotes further clarify. The idea in each verse is to answer the question: HOW CLOSE TO GOD can the person come.
VERSE	BEFORE phrase	Meaning of BEFORE GOD
Dt12-18a	Eat Tithes BEFORE GOD	In JERUSALEM*1
Lv14-11a	sprinkle BEFORE GOd	EASTERN Gate *2
Nu05-18c	stand her BEFORE GOD	EASTERN GATE *2

COMMENTS
1 Recall that BEFORE GOD can mean THE TEMPLE. The issue then is how close to the Temple can this person get? The verse explicitly states ---------------------------------------------------------- Dont eat Tithes in your cities; rather eat it before God ---------------------------------------------------------- Furthermore using the technique of OTHER VERSES we see from Dt14-22:27 that Tithes were eaten in Jerusalem. Thus the explicit contrast- CITIES--BEFORE GOD and the OTHER VERSE show that in this particular verse BEFORE GOD means JERUSALEM 2 Recall that BEFORE GOD can mean THE TEMPLE. The issue then is how close to the Temple can this person get? Nu05-01:04 explicitly prohibits ritually impure people from coming inside the Temple. Hence BEFORE GOD in this verse, which refers to sprinkling on the ritually impure leper must at most mean: TO THE EASTERN GATE the Temple Entrance Similarly Nu17-27:18-08 shows that at most Levites and Priests can enter the Sanctuary, not women. Hence here too it refers to the EASTER GATE of the temple (Which was its entrance)

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