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    4. RASHI METHOD: ALIGNMENT
    BRIEF EXPLANATION: Aligning two almost identically worded verselets can suggest
    • (4a) 2 cases of the same incident or law
    • (4b) emphasis on the nuances of a case
    • (4c) use of broad vs literal usage of words
     This examples applies to Rashis Nu35-29a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w34n4.htm
    Brief Summary: Brief Summary: The laws of libations only apply in Israel; The laws of courts of murder apply in Israel and outside Israel.

The table below presents an aligned extract of verses or verselets in Nu35-29a, Nu15-15 Both verses/verselets discuss the extent, in time and place, of Biblical statutes. The alignment justifies the Rashi comment that: The laws of accompanying Minchah libations only apply for all generations, but not for all places, implying that the Minchah libation law only applys in the Temple in Israel but not outside it. By contrast, the laws of courts for murder trials, which apply in all generations and all places, do equally apply in and out of Israel (Whenever murder-trial courts are set in Israel they must also be set outside Israel).

Verse Text of Verse Rashi comment
Nu35-29a
    And these things [The laws governing court trials of murder] shall be for a statute of judgement to you
  1. throughout your generations
  2. in all your dwellings.
The laws of accompanying Minchah libations only apply for all generations, but not for all places, implying that the Minchah libation law only applys in the Temple in Israel but not outside it. By contrast, the laws of courts for murder trials, which apply in all generations and all places, do equally apply in and out of Israel (Whenever murder-trial courts are set in Israel they must also be set outside Israel).
Nu15-15
    One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger who sojourns with you,
  1. an ordinance forever in your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. 


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