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    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 Lv26-12a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w33n19;
    Brief Summary: I (GOD) will walk with you (Lv26-12) refers to conversational relationship with God as Moses had (Nu12-07:08)

Verse Lv26-12a discussing God's intimate relationship with us when we are observant states And I [God] will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people Rashi clarifies the underlined words walk among you by referencing verse(s) Nu12-07:08 which states Not so with my servant Moses, for he is trusted in all my house. With him I speak mouth to mouth, .... Hence the Rashi comment: As the underlined words show, God's promise that He will walk among us if we observe His commandments is similar to God's conversational relationship to Moses, speaking mouth to mouth. This contrasts with the King-servant relationship with God which is characterized as God speaking by fire<

Text of Target verse Lv26-12a Text of Reference Verse Nu12-07:08
And I [God] will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people Not so with my servant Moses, for he is trusted in all my house. With him I speak mouth to mouth, ....
Rashi comments: As the underlined words show, God's promise that He will walk among us if we observe His commandments is similar to God's conversational relationship to Moses, speaking mouth to mouth. This corresponds to the King-servant relationship with God which is characterized as God speaking by Fire (Dt

Advanced Rashi: Of course, the underlined phrases - walk with you, and speak mouth to mouth - are not the same. Some readers may therefore see our approach (which is not explicit in Rashi) as slightly stretched. However we have to really ask what it means for God to walk with us in paradise. A reasonable interpretation is that we have a conversational vs. a fire relationship with God. I believe therefore that the approach we have taken gives positive insight.


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