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VERSE: Dt29-09b
======================= Dt29-09b =========================
SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi frequently illumines verses with skillfully
quoted cross references.
EXAMPLE
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Dt29-09 states
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You stand before God: Leaders, Tribes, Elders,People
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RASHI: Each tribe had its own place, its own leaders,
elders and Judges. Thus the people were not just under
LEADERSHIP but rather under MEANINGFUL LEADERSHIP...leaders
who knew the people individually. The idea that Jews should
not only be a nation but a nation of tribes is emphasized
in several verses and ultimately goes back to the
Patriarch Jacob who saw the importance of people living
with people they can get along with In the list below
we provide these cross references on the importance
of living by tribes*10
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ITEM DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS: OTHER VERSES
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS FURTHER DETAILS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #1
SEE BELOW LIST210a
List of verse pairs with references giving details
NOTES
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*10 This is an excellent exercise in how NOT
to interpret Rashi
It looks like Rashi is commenting on superfluity
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Why does it say TRIBES and also say ALL PEOPLE
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Rashi appears to answer this question with an
ellipsis Rashi actually says
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Heads TO YOUR tribes
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So it looks as if Rashi is providing an
elliptical interpretation
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Rashi seems to interpret the Biblical words
HEADS TRIBES as HEADS TO YOUR TRIBES
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But we can demur to this explanation
- Ellipsis by and large is a technique
used in Poetical context to provide
emphasis. It is not usually used in
ordinary lists.
I would therefore answer the question as
to why it says TRIBES and ALL JEWS as follows
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The phrase ALL JEWS refers to WHO was
there--namely all Jews.
The phrase TRIBES refers to the FORM of
those that were there--namely they were
assembled each person in his tribes slot
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So when Rashi says HEADS TO EACH TRIBE
Rashi is NOT providing an ellipsis between
HEADS and TRIBES. Rather Rashi is commenting
on the word HEADS (and equally on ELDERS and
JUDGES).
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Both Heads, elders and judges of
ALL OF ISRAEL as well as each TRIBE
was standing there Therefore the verse states
- HEADS (Of tribes)
- Tribes
- Elders (By Tribe!)
- Judges (By Tribe!)
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In short Rashi
- is providing a small comment on which
HEADS, ELDERS and JUDGES were there
- Rashi does NOT answer the question as
to why it says TRIBES and ALL JEWS
- The (obvious) answer to this question
is that the Jews were assembled BY TRIBE
Thus this Rashi provides a good exercise in
how to properly interpret Rashi
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=================== LIST210a ==================================
We present a list of verses where
further details of the verse are presented
from other verses.
The classical example is the Passover Hagaddah
example: The verse Dt26-05d, ONLY A FEW JEWS
WENT DOWN TO EGYPT, is illumined by Gn46-27
which states that 70 PEOPLE WENT DOWN TO EGYPT.
Thus the technique of OTHER VERSES teaches
us that A FEW JEWS(Dt26-05d) means 70(Gn46-27)
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VERSE TEXT OF VERSE OTHER VRSE DETAILS
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Dt29-09b All Jews here, TRIBES,*3 Nu02-02 Each Jew has tribe
Nu24-07c Jews greater than AGAG 1S15-33*2 AGAG,King Amalayk
Lv21-18a Blemish priests no-serve Mal01-08 It is disgusting*1
Lv01-12a the THANK YOU OFFERING Ps127-01 4 Thank Yous
Lv01-05a Slaughter Sacrifice 2Chr30-17 A Levite Can
Dt26-05d A FEW Jews came to Egypt Gn46-27 70 people came
Gn21-23b I treated you NICELY Gn20-15 I gave you LAND
Dt25-13b Dont have big STONES Lv19-36 Big STONE WEIGHTS
Gn26-05e because ABRAHAM OBEYED Gn22-18 He offered Isaac
Ex13-17c Jews afraid of war Nu14-42 Defeat of Jews
Ex17-10b Chur 1Ch2-18:19 Kalevs son
Ex35-30a Chur 1Ch2-18:19 Kalevs son
Ex24-14c Chur 1Ch2-18:19 Kalevs son
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*1 Lv21-18 says
- Blemished priests dont serve BECAUSE blemished
- priests dont serve
Mal01-08 amplifies this
- Would you give a blemished animal to your governor?
- Would he like it? Would he grant your favor?
*2 Rashis approach to the verse is literal--Bilam was
a prophet and he foresaw the defeat of Amalayk by
the Jews.
Therefore the next phrase in the verse--
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His(Jewish) Kingdom will be higher than AGAG
and his (Jewish) reign will go higher
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This next phrase (GO HIGHER) would refer to
the Kings after Shaul--to David and Solomon
who had greater Kingdoms and greater victories
than Shaul*10
*3 So the point of the verse is that not only
were the nation of individual Jews there but
that each Jew had his/her very own tribe.
Already the Patriarch Jacob laid down the
modern idea that Jews must be able to live
with people they are compatable with.
In fact the layout of tribes given by
Jacob (Gn49) and Moses (Nu02) are basically
the same (See http://www.rashiyomi.com/gn50-13a.htm)
Thus Rashi borrowed the idea of JEWS BY TRIBE
and applied it to Dt29-09
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*10 It is also possible to have a poetic approach to
these verses. Thus
- AGAG from GAG would refer to the ROOF nations,
that is, nations who think that they are self
sufficient (Their own ROOF) and dont need God.
The ROOF nations include AMALAYK under King AGAG
They would also include the MAGOG kingdom under
king GOG (See Ez38) which the Jews will defeat
in Messianic times.
The second phrase in the verse
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His(Jewish) Kingdom will be higher than AGAG
and his (Jewish) reign will go higher
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would therefore refer to King Messiah
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