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      8. RASHI METHOD: DATABASES
      BRIEF EXPLANATION:Rashi makes inferences from Database queries. The precise definition of database query has been identified in modern times with the 8 operations of Sequential Query Language (SQL).
      This example applies to Rashis Nu01-01a
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w17n23.htm
      Brief Summary: God continuously CENSUSED the Jews. Obsessive CENSUSING is typically a sign of great fondness.

Today we ask the database query: How often are censii taken? The query uncovers 5 examples. An examination of these examples justifies the Rashi assertion that God continually counted the Jews with either a complete census or a census of those fallen during a plague. Such obsessive counting typically indicates great attachment and fondness. We conlude God had great love for the Jewish people.

The table below presents results of the query along with illustrations of Rashi's comment.

Occasion Verse Census results
Exodus Ex12-07 About 600,000 besides children
Golden Calf Sin Ex32-28 About 3,000 died
Year 2, Month 2 to Exodus, after Golden calf sin Nu01 603,550 Jews, 22,300 Levites
After the Moabite-women-sin Nu24-10 24,000 died
Complete census after Moabite-women-sin Nu26 601,730 


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