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    7. RASHI METHOD: FORMATTING
    BRIEF EXPLANATION:Inferences from Biblical formatting: --bold,italics, and paragraph structure.
    • Use of repetition to indicate formatting effects: bold,italics,...;
    • use of repeated keywords to indicate a bullet effect;
    • rules governing use and interpretation of climactic sequence;
    • rules governing paragraph development and discourse
    This examples applies to Rashis Dt23-05b
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w33n4.htm
    Brief Summary: You don't marry Moabites because a) They hired someone to curse you, b1) They didn't give you food when you were journey-weary b2) they didn't give you food at the exodus from Egypt.

We have explained in our article Biblical Formatting located on the world wide web at http://www.Rashiyomi.com/biblicalformatting.pdf, that the Biblical Author indicated bullets by using repeating keywords.

That is, if a modern author wanted to get a point across using bullets - a list of similar but contrastive items - then the Biblical Author would use repeating keywords.

    Verse Dt23-05b discussing the prohibition of intermarrying with a Moabite states because they met you not with bread and with water
    • on the way,
    • on your coming forth out of Egypt;
    and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Aram-naharaim, to curse thee.     Rashi comments on the bulleted phrases indicated by the repeating keyword on: The Author emphasizes two aspects of the exodus indicated by the two bulleted words:
    • The Jews were on the road: That is they were weary and needed decent food
    • The Jews were on coming forth from Egypt: That is they had just lost their homeland; this also justified coming to them with food.
    Hence concludes the Bible: The Moabites besides hiring someone to curse you did not show sensitivity to your needs of food justified by your being on journey and being on exodus - consequently marriage of even their converts is prohibite 


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