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VERSE: Dt03-28c

=============== JOSHUA: SPIRITUAL & PHYSICAL LEADER =============

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Dt03-28 uses the repeated keyword HE. A fundamental Rashi rule
is that REPEATED KEYWORDS are the Bibles way of indicating,
what are in modern notation called,bullets. In modern notation
we would write the verse as follows
-* Assign Joshua because HE will (SPIRITUALLY) lead the people
-* --------------------& HE will (MILITARALY) divide the land
The 2 bullets indicate that MILITARY conquest MUST be accompanied
by SPIRITUAL leadership even in military obvious situations.
Several other examples of this SPIRITUAL-MILITARY relationship
are exhibited.

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TODAYS RASHI RULE:    TYPING TECHNIQUES
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: BULLETS
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BRIED DESCRIPTION OF RULE and SUBRULE
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A modern typist has a rich variety of techniques to
indicate emphasis. Among these techniques are such
methods as
- BOLD, ITALICS, UNDERLINES
- PARAGRAPHS
- BULLETING
- TABLES

The Bible did not implement these typing techniques
the same way modern typists do. Instead the Bible had
special methods of indicating these techniques.

The Bible implemented a BULLET STRUCTURE by using a
REPEATED KEYWORD

STANDARD EXAMPLE
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Here is a good example.

Lv16-32a
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 The priest, WHO is annointed & WHOse hands are consecrated,
 ....will perform these day of atonement procedures
 --------------------------------------------------------

EXERCISE
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Notice the repeated keyword. Here is the exercise.
Rewrite this verse in modern BULLET notation using
either bullets or else the repeated keyword. The
solution is immediately presented below.


RASHIS SOLUTION
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Lv16-32a (Bullet style using repeated words)
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 The priest
 -- WHO is annointed
 -- WHO is dressed in the 8 priestly garments
 will perform these day of atonement procedures
 ---------------------------------------------------

Lv16-32a (Bullet style using bullets)
 ---------------------------------------------------
 The priest
 * (if) annointed
 * (if) donned with the 8 priestly garments
 will perform these day of atonement procedures
 ---------------------------------------------------

The bullets create an atmosphere of emphasis. TWO
points are being emphasized. Without the bullets I
would assume the Torah is using a conversational style:
I would assume they are talking about THE PRIEST WHO
WAS CONSECRATED BY ANNOINTMENT.

Since the bullets emphasize TWONESS we conclude that
the day of atonement procedures can be performed by
either a high priest that was annointed or else by
a high priest who was consecrated by being dressed
in the 8 garments *1

STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
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http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rules-01.htm (See the last 2 pages)
http://www.Rashiyomi.com/database.htm (See Section 9)

HOW TO USE THESE LISTS FOR SCHOOL PROJECTS
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You can use the LIST below for school projects.
Here is how: If you are a teacher then you
can present the verses and then ask the students to
do 3 things
-- find the repeated keyword (for example WHO)
-- rewrite the verse in BULLET form
-- try and guess what the bullets emphasize
The student can then compare their answers with Rashis.

TODAYS EXAMPLE
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The bullet structure of todays verse is repeated below
in table form. Footnotes further clarify.
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Bullet in Dt03-28c              Point of the Bullet
=============================== =================================
HE will go before this nation   Joshua is the SPIRITUAL leader!
HE will give the land to them   Joshua is the MILITARY Leader

NOTES
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*1 See the next LIST for an elaboration on this concept of
   SPIRITUAL Leader
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======================== SYMBOLS OF PRAYER =======================

 We bring 3 verses indicating that victory occured because of
 some inconsequential physical act(eg When MOSES LIFTED HIS HANDS
 the Jews won and WHEN HE LET HIS HANDS DOWN they lost).

 The Talmud symbolically*10 interprets this to mean: When Moses
 LIFTED HIS HANDS IN PRAYER the Jews won. The other examples
 are below

 The Rashi method used here is SYMBOLISM

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VERSE    TEXT OF VERSE (Strange phrase CAPPED)  SYMBOLIC meaning
======== ====================================== ==================
Nu21-08b When they LIFTED eyes they were cured  LIFTED in prayer
ex17-11a When moses RAISED HIS HANDS, Jews won  RAISED in prayer
Dt03-28c When Joshua LED them, Jews won         LED in prayer*1

NOTES
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*1 As we showed in the first list in this posting, Joshua
   was assigned to be BOTH the Military leader as well as
   the Spiritual leader.

   Without the Spiritual leading the Jews couldnt win a war.
   Rashi brings in Jos07 as an example*11 of how lack of
   spiritual leadership lead to a defeat from inferior forces

----------------------- LONGER FOOTNOTES ------------------------

*10 For a brief but compact introduction to symbolism read
    http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gen-1.htm

    The justification for translation these verses as
    symbolic is Judaisms extreme abhorance of idolatry
    which includes associating Gods providence with physical
    objects. LOOKING UP AT A SNAKE couldnt, to a Jewish mind,
    be the cause of a cure.

    By contrast, LOOKING UP has verbal associations with
    PRAYER (cf Isa38-14 MY EYES LIFT UP TO HEAVEN).

    As I show in that article, one is obligated to use
    symbolic methods precisely when
    - a literal translation is unacceptable
    - the words used have clear symbolic meanings elsewhere
      in the Bible.

    The Talmuds explanation (brought down by Rashi) is
    similar to mine
    -------------------------------------------------
    Does raising hands lead to winning a war?
    Rather it means that when Jews looked heavenward
    they won and otherwise they didnt
    -------------------------------------------------

*11 My novelty in this Rashi is interpreting the Jos07 example
    as ONE EXAMPLE of Rashis general point.

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RASHI RULE USED: MULTIPLE-BULLETS-SYMBOLISM
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Volume 14 Number 19


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