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    8. RASHI METHOD: DATABASES
    BRIEF EXPLANATION:Rashi makes inferences from Database queries. The precise definition of database query has been identified in modern times with the 8 operations of Sequential Query Language (SQL).
    This example applies to Rashis Lv16-34a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/lv16-34a.htm
    Brief Summary: They DID AS COMMANDED is stated when we might expect to the contrary.

Today we ask the database query: What drives the Biblical Author to use the phrase They did as commanded? The simple answer is that They did as commanded usually emphasizes compliance when we expected otherwise. The very small database selection below presents some examples.

Verse Why I expect otherwise Examples of why I expect otherwise Verse text
Lv10-07 Priests sometimes rebelled, act on their own Nadav and Avihu, Lv10-01:02 made their own offerings and died And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting, lest ye die; for the anointing oil of HaShem is upon you.' And they did according to the word of Moses.
Lv08-36a Priests sometimes rebelled, act on their own Nadav and Avihu, Lv10-01:02 made their own offerings and died And Aaron and his sons did all the things which HaShem commanded by the hand of Moses.
Ex14-02:04c Jews frequently complained to God Jews complained better in Egypt when Egypt pursued them (Ex14-11:12) Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon, over against it shall ye encamp by the sea. And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel: They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he shall follow after them; and I will get Me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; and the Egyptians shall know that I am HaShem.' And they did so.
Ex16-16:17 Jews frequently complained about lack of food water Jews complained about lack of water at Refidim Ex17-02 This is the thing which HaShem hath commanded: Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them that are in his tent.' And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.
Lv16-34a Yom Kippur ceremony required a (possibly embarassing) confession Lv16-06 requires the High Priest to confess his own personal sins in order to obtain atonement. And this shall be an everlasting statute to you, to make an atonement for the people of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Sermonic points: The Torah hear teaches us manners - if someone is usually rebellious and behaves in an exemplary manner on certain occasions then they should be praised. 


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