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The table below presents
two contradictory verses.
Both verses talk about
the killer of a dead person found in the field.
The underlined words highlight the contradiction.
One verse says
it is not known who killed him
while the other verse says
we [the elders of the city] didn't kill him
Which is it?
Is the murder unknown or did the elders kill him?
Rashi simply resolves this using the
Broad-Literal method
method:
1) The killer is unknown
2) We also (besides not directly killing the person) didn't
indirectly kill him by abstaining from hospitality
leading to the murdered wandering the roads and getting killed
Summary
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Verse / Source
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Text of verse / Source
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Sanctify the firstborn
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Dt21-01
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If one is found slain in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has slain him;
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We (the elders) didn't kill him
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Dt21-07a
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And they [the elders] shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, nor have our eyes seen it
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Resolution:
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Broad-Literal
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1) The killer is unknown
2) We also (besides not directly killing the person) didn't
indirectly kill him by abstaining from hospitality
leading to the murdered wandering the roads and getting killed
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Advanced Rashi:
Rashi literally says Did anyone think that the elders killed him that the verse should say
We have not killed him? I have added to Rashi (who based the contradiction on logic) by
finding a verse which supports the contradiction since it explicitly says it is not
known who killed him.
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