The table below presents two contradictory verses/verselets. Both verses speak about the Revelation. The underlined words highlight the contradiction. One verse/verselet says God spoke from heaven while the other verse/verselet says God came down to the earth's mountains to reveal Himself. We see the contradiction Which is it? Did God speak from heaven or from earth? Rashi simply resolves this using the 2 Aspects method: God Himself is in Heaven; however, the fire by which He appears is on earth. Jews heard God's voice from His fire on earth even though God Himself is in heaven. This resolution of the contradiction is explicitly supported by Dt04-36. Out of heaven He made thee to hear His voice, that He might instruct thee; and upon earth He made thee to see His great fire; and thou didst hear His words out of the midst of the fire.

Summary	Verse / Source	Text of verse / Source
God is in Heaven	Ex20-19	And HaShem said unto Moses: Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel: Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
God came down to earth's mountains to reveal Himself	Ex19-20	And HaShem came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount; and HaShem called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up
Resolution:	2 Aspects	God Himself is in Heaven; however, the fire by which He appears is on earth. Jews heard God's voice from His fire on earth even though God Himself is in heaven. This resolution of the contradiction is explicitly supported by Dt04-36. Out of heaven He made thee to hear His voice, that He might instruct thee; and upon earth He made thee to see His great fire; and thou didst hear His words out of the midst of the fire.

Advanced Rashi: In this particular contradiction the resolution occurs explicitly in a verse. As we have seen numerous times in this email group this is not always the case since frequently the contradiction is by logic.