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      5. RASHI METHOD: CONTRADICTION
      BRIEF EXPLANATION:Rashi resolves contradictory verses using 3 methods.
      • (5a) Resolution using two aspects of the same event
      • (5b) Resolution using two stages of the same process
      • (5c) Resolution using broad-literal interpretation.
      This example applies to Rashis Lv26-44a
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1413.htm
      Brief Summary: a) I will bring on you the rage, a sword avenging the convenant b) I will never despise you RESOLUTION: All punishments are rehabilitative to effect repentance.

The table below presents two contradictory sets of verses. Both verse sets talk about the punishments God brings on the Jewish people when they sin. The underlined words highlight the contradiction. One verse says I, God, will teach them a lesson, with great rage, I will bring the sword avenging the convenant, while the other verse says I will never despise you! Which is it? Will God despise us or not? Rashi simply resolves this using the 2 cases method: (1) God will bring rage on us until we repent (2) God will never despise us until we are destroyed since he will forgive us when we repent.

Summary Verse / Source Text of verse / Source
The rage of the convenant-avenging sword Lv26-25,28 I will walk with you in fury....I will bring on you the sword avenging the convenant
I will only punish them till they repent - I will not despise them Nu26-41,44 And I have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts are humbled, and they accept of the punishment of their iniquity; Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. Despite all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, nor will I loathe them until destruction nor will I break my covenant with them; for I am the Lord their God.
Resolution: 2 Aspects: (1) God will bring rage on us until we repent (2) God will never despise us until we are destroyed since he will forgive us when we repent. 


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