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The multi-verse rule simply states that some Biblical sentences
span multiple verses. Knowledge of the multi-verse rule enables one
to see distinct Biblical sentences as contributing meaning to each other.
Today's example illustrates this.
Verses Dt02-16:17 state
So it came to pass, when all draftable men
had completed dying from the nation, [then]
the Lord spoke to me, saying.
We have indicated Rashi's comment, that the two verses form
one sentence, by interpolating the typeset word then,
indicating causal or temporal connection between the
two verses. Rashi further elaborates: Why does the
verse emphasize the causal relation that God spoke to Moses
after the draftable men [who accepted the slander
of the spies] completed dying? This causal relation indicates
that God only prophetically
spoke to Moses for the sake of the community. As long as people
were dying and not going to enter Israel there was no need for God to speak
to Moses.
Advanced Rashi:
We have studied Dt02-16:17 using three Rashi methods:
- The meaning method taught us that the phrase
men of war is an idiom meaning draftable men.
- The reference method taught us that the draftable men
who completed dying refers to the 20+ year olds who accepted the
slander of the spies on whom death was decreed. The reference method
further teaches us that 20 is age of military drafting. These references
in turn enable us to decipher the idiom.
- The grammar method taught us that the two verses -
one speaking about the cessation of dying of draftable men and the
other speaking about God delivering prophecy to Moses - were causally
connected because God only spoke to Moses for the sake of the
community.
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