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The table below presents presents
two contradictory verses/verselets.
Both verses/verselets talk about
God's attributes on dealing with sinners.
The underlined words highlight the contradiction.
One verse/verselet says
God cleans sins
while the other verse says
God doesn't clean sins.
Which is it?
Does God clean sins or not?
Rashi simply resolves this using the two aspects method:
God cleans sins when people repent. But if people don't repent and the children
continue their parents behavior God doesn't clean sins but visits the sins on both parents and children.
Summary
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Verse / Source
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Text of verse / Source
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God cleans sin
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Nu14-10
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God, [you are] long suffering and very merciful,
you lift sin and iniquity;
- [although] you clean [sin]
- you [sometimes] don't clean [sin]
[namely when you can] visit the sins of parents
on their children [because the children uphold their parents sin]
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God doesn't clean sins
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Nu14-10
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God, [you are] long suffering and very merciful,
you lift sin and iniquity;
- [although] you clean [sin]
- you [sometimes] don't clean [sin]
[namely when you can] visit the sins of parents
on their children [because the children uphold their parents sin]
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Resolution:
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2 Aspects
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God cleans sins when people repent. But if people don't repent and the children
continue their parents behavior God doesn't clean sins but visits the sins on both parents and children.
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Advanced Rashi:
Note especially how this Rashi can give rise to a flowing translation of the verse.
In the above table our suggested flowing translation is indicated by the bracketed words. I believe that
the form X not X as in cleans doesn't clean should be interpreted as a Biblical idiomatic
style
requiring the above-indicated bracketed expressions.
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