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The table below presents
two contradictory verses.
Both verses talk about
Moab-Edomite relations.
The underlined words highlight the contradiction.
One verse says
Moab and Midyan were at war
while the other verse says
Moab sought an alliance with Midyan against their common enemy, the Jews.
Which is it?
Were Moab and Midyan enemies or allies?
Rashi simply resolves this using the
2 Aspects Method
method:
Moab and Midyan were enemies. But their enmity of the
Jews was so great that it dwarfed their hatred and made them allies.
Summary
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Verse / Source
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Text of verse / Source
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Moab and Midyan were enemies
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Nu36-35
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And these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, ....
And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.
[Rashi: So apparently Midiam had an alliance with Edom against their common enemy, Moab.]
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Moab and Midyan were enemies. But their enmity of the
Jews was so great that it dwarfed their hatred and made them allies.
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Nu22-04
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And Moab sent to the elders of Midian: Now shall this company lick up all who are around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
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Resolution:
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2 Aspects
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Moab and Midyan were enemies. But their enmity of the
Jews was so great that it dwarfed their hatred and made them allies.
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Advanced Rashi: This Rashi is modern in flavor with overtones and implications for possible alliances
against Israel by nations that were formerly without diplomatic relations. It also sheds light on alliances relating
to holocast activities
of Nazi Germany.
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