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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 Nu01-03a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1218.htm
    Brief Summary: Count a) The 20+ Year olds b) those in the Military. RASHI: Military consciption starts at 20.

The table below presents an aligned extract of verses or verselets in Nu01-03a Both verses/verselets discuss who will be conted in the census. The alignment justifies the Rashi comment that: Military conscription starts at age 20.

Verse Text of Verse Rashi comment
Nu01-03
    Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of names, every male by their polls;
    • From twenty years old and upward,
    • all who are able to go forth to war in Israel;
    you and Aaron shall count them by their armies.
Military conscription starts at age 20.
Nu01-03
    Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of names, every male by their polls;
    • From twenty years old and upward,
    • all who are able to go forth to war in Israel;
    you and Aaron shall count them by their armies. 


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