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VERSE: Dt10-09a

RASHIS COVERED: Dt10-09a Dt10-09b

============= RASHI COMPARES 3 CHAPTERS ON LEVITE GIFTS =========

 BACKGROUND
 ----------
 It is well known that the Jews conquered Israel and divided
 the territory. But the Levites did not participate in this
 conquest and received only 48 fixed cities. Furthermore while
 the Jews could work agriculture, the Levites, did not have
 land and lived off Tithes and temple sacrifices

 THE TEXT
 --------
 There are 3 Biblical texts that outline the above laws
 governing Levites.

 THE RASHI
 ---------
 Rashi simply confirms the Levite laws mentioned here with
 Levite Laws mentioned elsewhere. We call this the TECHNIQUE
 OF OTHER VERSES. Each of the 3 chapters has a slightly
 different emphasis and hence the sum of all 3 chapters
 enriches the overall meaning

 Here are the texts.
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VERSES     BRIEF SUMMARY OF TEXT
========== ====================================================
Dt10-08:09 LEVITES HAVE GOD:THEREFORE they have no part in land
Dt18-01:02 No conquest; rather Gods fire;no wars; Gods food
Nu18-21:24 The Levites serve God & get tithes as pay*1

NOTES
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*1 It emerges that Rashi interwove the texts of Nu18,Dt10
   and Dt18 to give a richer understanding of the text

   More specifically Rashi introduced the mediating variable
   of TIME: Here is the sequence of Logic
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   ---the Levites serve God in the temple (Nu18-explicit)
   ---Hence they must spend much time on temple matters (Logic)
   ---Hence they dont have time to till the land (Logic)
   ---Hence I God give them tithes as recompense(Nu18-explicit)
   ---Thus the Levites eat directly from God (Dt18-explicit)
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