The table below presents two contradictory verses. Both verses talk about the conquest of Israel. The underlined words highlight the contradiction. One verse says let us find which cities we should conquer, while the other verse says drive out the inhabitants of the land and destroy their idols. Which is it? Were the Jews contemplating a total conquest of the land or a partial conqeust of cities? Rashi simply resolves this using the 2-Stages method: The people wanted to first conquer the easy cities and then conquer the rest of the land. That is, the request which cities to conquer was really a request of which cities to conquer first.

Summary	Verse / Source	Text of verse / Source
Which Israeli cities should we conquer?	Dt01-22	And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said: 'Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us back word of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come tow agbe war.'
Conquer the land	Nu33-52:53	#####
Resolution:	2-Stages	The people wanted to first conquer the easy cities and then conquer the rest of the land. That is, the request which cities to conquer was really a request of which cities to conquer first.