Certain Biblical paragraphs are stated in a example form. In other words an example of a law is stated rather than the full general rule. The reader's task is to generalize the example. The idea that all Biblical laws should be perceived as examples (unless otherwise indicated) is explicitly stated by Rashi (Pesachim 6.). This is a rule of style since the rule requires that a text be perceived as an example rather than interpreted literally. The Rabbi Ishmael style rules govern the interpretation of style.

Verse Dt24-10:13 states When thou dost lend thy neighbour any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee. And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge; thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before HaShem thy G-d. Rashi interprets the underlined phrase thou shalt not sleep with his pledge; as a typical example. The Torah states a) Don't sleep in his pledge but b) return it to him so he can sleep in it. Hence there is also a prohibition of simply keeping the pledge in your house even if you don't sleep in it since you have deprived the lender of the right to sleep in his pledge. In other words: Rashi perceives the underlined phrase thou shalt not sleep with his pledge; as a good typical example of witholding the pledge from the lender. Rashi concludes that all witholdings of a pledge are Biblically prohibited.