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    4. RASHI METHOD: ALIGNMENT
    BRIEF EXPLANATION: Aligning two almost identically worded verselets can suggest
    • (4a) 2 cases of the same incident or law
    • (4b) emphasis on the nuances of a case
    • (4c) use of broad vs literal usage of words
    This examples applies to Rashis Dt03-18b
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w33n2.htm
    Brief Summary: The deal was to FIGHT WITH the Jews; But Reubenites-Gadites LED the Jews in battle.

    The table below presents an aligned extract of verses in Dt03-18b:20 and Nu32-25:27. Both verses discuss the deal for the Reubenites-Gadites to fight with the Jews in the conquest of Israel. The alignment justifies the Rashi assertion that
  • The requirement was for the Reubenites-Gadites to fight with the Jews in their conquest of Israel
  • However in actuality the Reubenites-Gadites led the Jews in battle.

Verse Text of Verse Rashi comment
Dt03-18b:20 And I commanded you at that time, saying: 'The HaShem your G-d hath given you this land to possess it; ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valour. But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle--I know that ye have much cattle--shall abide in your cities which I have given you; until HaShem give rest unto your brethren, as unto you, and they also possess the land which HaShem your G-d giveth them beyond the Jordan; then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
Nu32-25:27 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke unto Moses, saying: 'Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead; but thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before HaShem to battle, as my lord saith.'
  • The deal was for them to pass over before Hashem.
  • However they volunteered to pass over before their brothers (To lead). 


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