1. RASHI METHOD: REFERENCES BRIEF EXPLANATION: Commentary on a verse is provided thru a cross-reference to another verse. The cross references can either provide (1a) further details, (1b) confirm citations, or (1c) clarify word meaning. This examples applies to Rashis Dt21-07a URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w34n9.htm; Brief Summary: "We didn't kill this person" THAT IS "we didn't see AND NEGLECT him" (Dt21-07) - Corresponds to "Don't STAND by your friend's blood" (Lv19-16)

Verse(s) Dt21-07a discussing the prayers by the elders of the Jewish community asking God to forgive the Jewish community for the unknown murder they found states And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, nor have our eyes seen. Rashi clarifies the underlined words seen by referencing verse(s) Lv19-16 discussing the prohibition of abstaining from helping someone attacked which states ....nor shall you stand against the blood of your neighbor; I am the Lord. Hence the Rashi comment: The phrase we did not see in Dt21-07 references the prohibition of not standing by the blood of your neighbor in Lv19-16. In other words the elders are stating that they did not abstain from helping the murdered victim, for example, by providing hospitality, lodging and escort as (s)he passed through their town.

Text of Target verse Dt21-07a	Text of Reference Verse Lv19-16
And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, nor have our eyes seen.	....nor shall you stand against the blood of your neighbor; I am the Lord.
Rashi comments: The phrase we did not see in Dt21-07 references the prohibition of not standing by the blood of your neighbor in Lv19-16. In other words the elders are stating that they did not abstain from helping the murdered victim, for example, by providing hospitality, lodging and escort as (s)he passed through their town.

Advanced Rashi: But there are two clauses in this verse. The verse states And they shall answer and say,
• Our hands have not shed this blood
• nor have our eyes seen.
I believe Rashi explains the 1st clause as being in apposition to the 2nd clause. In other words Rashi would read the entire verse as follows.
• And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood - [in other words,]
• nor have our eyes seen [we have not stood by and avoided providing hospitality, escort, and lodging].
In other words Rashi sees the statement we haven't killed him as meaning we aren't partially responsible for his murder because we avoided providing hospitality - in fact we provide hospitality and lodging to people who pass thru our town.

Rashis literal statement is as follows: Did anyone accuse the elders of murder; why then are they denying it. Rather it means that they didn't cause his murder by neglecting hospitality and lodging. We have taken this Rashi and explained it as follows:
• Rashi 1st explains the 2nd clause - we did not see him
• Rashi explains this clause by implicitly referring to the prohibition of standing by the blood of ones neighbor
• Rashi presumably understands the 1st clause as explaining the 2nd clause - we did not kill this person by avoiding seeing his needs.