|
GOD CITES VERSES |
RASHIS COVERED: Nu14-20a Nu14-17b God cites Biblical verses
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
------------------
Moses in Nu14-17 says
>God, Please show the greatness of Your Strength AS YOU SAID<
>God: Long Suffering, With Much mercy and truth... <
The phrase AS YOU SAID cross-references ex34-06
>God, God: ........Long Suffering, with much mercy and truth<
Rashi simply points out this cross reference.
---------------------------------------
TODAYS RASHI RULE: OTHER VERSES
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: CITATION
---------------------------------------
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RULE and SUBRULE
-----------------------------------------
The rule of OTHER VERSES simply means that Rashi
is explaining one verse by citing an OTHER VERSE
The Bible in several dozen places QUOTES. Thus a verse might
say SUCH AND SUCH WILL HAPPEN AS IT SAYS. The phrase AS IT
SAYS refers to a CITATION from another verse.
Rashis job is to find this other verse and show how the
Bible is citing it.
STANDARD EXAMPLE
----------------
Dt26-18:19 states
>God will make you a precious nation today AS HE SAID<
>..and make you a leading nation and a holy nation AS HE SAID<
EXERCISE:
---------
Before reading Rashi
-- can you find a verse where God promises to make us PRECIOUS
-- can you find a verse where God promises to make us HOLY
RASHIS SOLUTION
---------------
Rashi cites Ex19-05:06
If you (The Jews) listen to Me and watch my convenant
... then you will become a PRECIOUS NATION to Me
... and you will become to me a HOLY nation
Thus the Bible is cross-referencing itself.
STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
---------------------------------
http://www.Rashiyomi.com/other-20.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.com/calendar1.htm
The OTHER series was presented in November of 2000.
HOW TO USE THESE LISTS FOR SCHOOL PROJECTS
------------------------------------------
You can use the LIST below for school projects.
Here is how, if you are a teacher then you
can present the verse in the first column
(eg Dt26-05) and the CHAPTER (but not the verse)
in the 3rd column---e.g. Gn46.
The student is then instructed to discover
the verse that is cross referenced. The students solution
can then be compared with Rashis. Very often the student
can do as well as Rashi. This inspires confidence in the
students since they see that Rashis commentary emanates
from scholarship, not from authority.
|
| VERSE |
STATEMENT OF VERSE |
CROSS REFERENCES... |
| Nu14-17b |
God is LONG SUFFERING |
Ex34-06 |
| Nu14-20a |
God forgives Jewish people |
Nu14-19*1 |
| Dt19-08a |
God will give us more land |
Gn15-19:21 |
| Dt18-02d |
Levites will not inherit |
Nu18-20 |
| Dt26-18a |
Jews will be TREASURED |
Ex19-05 |
| Dt26-19a |
Jews will be HOLY |
Lv20-26 |
| Gn21-01c |
God gave Sarah a child |
Gn17-19 |
| Ex12-25b |
God will give us Israel |
Ex06-08 |
|
|
|
|
COMMENTS |
*1 Rashi expands. Nu14-20 I,GOD,FORGIVE AS YOU,MOSES,REQUESTED
refers to the WHOLE prayer of Moses in Nu14-13:19. In
particular God forgave the Jews FOR THE REASON that Moses
mentions: Namely, If God were to kill the Jews then the
nations would NOT recognize this destruction as a Divine
punishment but rather as inadequacy of God against the
Canaanite nations (See Nu14-16). Therefore God would not
accomplish his goals of MAKING AN EXAMPLE OF THEM. Because
this example would not be accomplished God forgave the
Jews since nothing good would be accomplished by
punishing them.
|