The table below presents an aligned extract of verses or verselets
in
Nu11-17e, Nu11-14.
Both verses/verselets
discuss
bearing the Jewish people.
The alignment justifies the Rashi comment that:
The phrase bearing the Jewish people refers
to bearing the grudgings and complaints. God's request
to Moses to appoint delegate judges should be perceived as a request
to appoint judges who would bear the grudgings and complaints
of the people.
Verse
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Text of Verse
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Rashi comment
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Nu11-14
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I cannot by myself bear this nation for they
are more than I can take
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The phrase bearing the Jewish people refers
to bearing the grudgings and complaints. God's request
to Moses to appoint delegate judges should be perceived as a request
to appoint judges who would bear the grudgings and complaints
of the people.
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Nu11-16:17e
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Gather for My sake 70 men from the Jewish elders...
- The will bear with you in the bearing of the nation
- and you will not bear alone.
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Advanced Rashi:
We have derived this Rashi comment using the alignment rule.
However we could have equally derived it using the formatting
rule. The repetition they will bear with you in the bearing
of the nation, creates an emphasis on the type of bearing -
a bearing of grudges and complaints.
We could also derive this Rashi using the meaning method. Verse
Nu11-17 uses the phrases They bear....you bear... without
explaining what bear means. Verse Nu11-14 clarifies this meaning:
I can't bear this nation because it is too much for me.
Hence we infer that bearing a nation means putting up with their
grudges and complaints.
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