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      9. RASHI METHOD: NonVerse
      BRIEF EXPLANATION: The common denominator of the 3 submethods of the NonVerse method is that inferences are made from non textual material. The 3 submethods are as follows:
      • Spreadsheet: Rashi makes inferences of a numerical nature that can be summarized in a traditional spreadsheet
      • Geometric: Rashi clarifies a Biblical text using descriptions of geometric diagrams
      • Fill-ins: Rashi supplies either real-world background material or indicates real-world inferences from a verse. The emphasis here is on the real-world, non-textual nature of the material.
      Nu26-54a
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      Brief Summary: Land was divided PER PERSON, not PER TRIBE; Land was divied PER VALUE, not PER AREA.

Verse Nu26-52:56 states And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 'Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance; to each one according to those that were numbered of it shall its inheritance be given. Mostly the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.'

From the underlined words Rashi infers that The land was divided according to the number of people per tribe (that is, each tribe did not get one twelfth of the land but rather received a parcel of land proportional to its numerical size). Similarly the land was divided by dollar value not by area. So for example two tribes with equal numbers of people could inherit two different size landplots if both had equal worth.

We see here that the essence of the Rashi comment are details on numerical computation.


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