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 Lv25-10d URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1217.htm Brief Summary: The Biblical statement PEOPLE RETURN TO THEIR LAND DURING THE JUBILEE (Lv25-10) references Lv25-28,31,33 which requires that OWNERSHIP OF SOLD LAND RETURNS TO THE OWNER.

Verse Lv25-10 discussing the Jubilee year states And you shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all the inhabitants of it; it shall be a jubilee to you; and you shall return every man to his possession, and you shall return every man Rashi notes that the underlined words, you shall return every man to his possession references verses Lv25-28,31,33 discussing the reversion of ownership, during the Jubilee year, to the original owner. Hence the Rashi comment The Biblical phrase every man shall return to his land (Lv25-10) references verses Lv25-28,31,33 which explain that ownership of land returns to the original owner during the Jubilee year.

Text of Target Verse Lv25-10	Text of Reference Verse Lv25-28,31,33
. And you shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all the inhabitants of it; it shall be a jubilee to you; and you shall return every man to his possession, and you shall return every man to hi	If your brother becomes poor, and has sold away some of his possession, ... and in the jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his possession..... But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be counted as the fields of the country;...and they shall go out in the jubilee. .... And if a man buys from the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall be released in the year of jubilee;
Rashi comments: The Biblical phrase every man shall return to his land (Lv25-10) references verses Lv25-28,31,33 which explain that ownership of land returns to the original owner during the Jubilee year.