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    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 Dt26-19a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w34n11.htm;
    Brief Summary: And you will become a holy nation to God AS HE SAID (Dt26-19) Rashi: The reference is to Lv20-26,Ex19-06

Verse(s) Dt26-18:19 discussing the choseness of the Jewish people states And the Lord has declared you this day to be his special people, as he has promised you, and that ... And to set you high above all nations ... and that you may be a holy people to the Lord your God, as he has spoken. Rashi clarifies the underlined words to make you a holy nation...as he promised/said by referencing verse(s) Ex19-06, Lv20-26 discussing the holy status of the Jewish people which states And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the people of Israel. ... And you shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from other people, that you should be mine. Hence the Rashi comment: The Biblical statement Dt26-18:19 that God has made you today a holy nation as he said references the explicit statements in Ex19-06, Lv20-06 that God has chosen the Jews to become a holy nation unto him.

Text of Target verse Dt26-18:19 Text of Reference Verse Ex19-06, Lv20-26
And the Lord has declared you this day to be his special people, as he has promised you, and that ... And to set you high above all nations ... and that you may be a holy people to the Lord your God, as he has spoken. And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the people of Israel. ... And you shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from other people, that you should be mine.
Rashi comments: The Biblical statement Dt26-18:19 that God has made you today a holy nation as he said references the explicit statements in Ex19-06, Lv20-06 that God has chosen the Jews to become a holy nation unto him.

Advanced Rashi: An unusual feature of this reference method is that the idea of reference is explicit since the verse uses a citation style and explicitly says as he promised, as he said. 


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