Verse
Dt02-16,
discussing
the death of the men of war
states
So it came to pass, when all the
men of war had completed dying from the people,
Rashi clarifies the underlined words
men of war
by referencing verse(s)
Nu14-29,Nu01-20
discussing
the death decree on those who accepted the slander of the spies
which states
Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were counted of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me
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Hence the Rashi comment:
The men of war mentioned in Dt02-16
refers to the 20+ year olds who accepted the slander of spies
on whom was decreed death. These 20+ year olds are called
men of war since 20 is the age of military conscription (Nu01-20).
Text of Target verse
Dt02-16
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Text of Reference Verse
Nu14-29,Nu01-20
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So it came to pass, when all the
men of war had completed dying from among the nation,
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Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were counted of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me ...
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Rashi comments:
The men of war who died mentioned in Dt02-16
refers to the 20+ year olds who accepted the slander of spies
on whom was decreed death. These 20+ year olds are called
men of war since 20 is the age of military conscription (Nu01-20).
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Advanced Rashi:
Note the unusual feature that we have a nested reference,
in the above example. Men of war who died references the 20+ year olds
on whom was decreed death and 20+ year olds references the census
where we are told that 20 is the age of military conscription.
We will revisit this example below
in rule #2, meaning, and
rule #3, grammar.
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