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VERSE: Dt29-11b
RASHIS COVERED: Dt29-11b Dt29-25b
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashi's 10 major methods is the use of OTHER
VERSES to clarify existing verses. Rashi can use
OTHER VERSES to a) provide more details b) justify
citations and cross references and c) to infer meaning.
We call this the RASHI METHOD of OTHER VERSES and
the RASHI SUBMETHODS of FURTHER DETAILS, CITATIONS,
and INFERRED MEANING.
EXAMPLE Dt29-11b
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Dt29-11 states
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...[you are standing here] to
PASS INTO THE TREATY with God
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Rashi explains the unusual phrase
PASS INTO THE TREATY with God by
citing an OTHER VERSE. Jr34-18 states
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the people who violated my treaty
...the calf that was cut in two
...THEY PASSED THRU ITS CUTS
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Based on this OTHER VERSE Rashi explains
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In olden times TREATYS were made by
cutting an animal in half; each of the
two parties would then PASS THRU
BETWEEN THE TWO CUT HALVES; [they would
then eat the animal to cement the treaty]
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EXAMPLE 2: Dt29-25b
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Dt29-25 states
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They went and worshipped other gods
...gods NOT APPORTIONED TO THEM
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Although Rashi does not cite an OTHER
VERSE it seems natural to cite Dt04-19
which also uses the word APPORTION
and also speaks about idolatry
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Lest you look heavenward ...and go astray
and worship other gods WHICH GOD APPORTIONED
TO THE OTHER NATIONS...
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We see from this other verse that the
word APPORTIONED is used here in the sense
of ASSIGNED. Hence the Rashi
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The phrase in Dt29-25 NOT APPORTIONED TO THEM
means GOD DID NOT CREATE THESE FOR ASSIGNMENT
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Rashi also cites other interpretations
but the above interpretation based on an
OTHER VERSE seems most natural.
LIST250a below gives other examples of inferring meaning
from OTHER VERSES.
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ITEM DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS OTHER VERSES
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS INFER MEANING
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #5
SEE BELOW LIST250a
List of verse pairs with one verse shedding meaning on words
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List of verse pairs with one verse shedding meaning on words
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VERSE TEXT OF VERSE OTHER VRSE MEANING
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Dt29-25b gods not APPORTIONED Dt04-19 ASSIGNED
Dt29-11b PASS INTO TREATY Jr34-18 PASS THRU CUTS*8
Dt25-06c He STANDS dead brother Ru04-01:06 INHERITANCE*7
Dt25-05b He STANDS dead brother Ru04-01:06 INHERITANCE*7
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Nu30-06a If he RATTLES her vow Nu30-09 ANNUL*10
Nu30-16a after he HEARS vow Nu30-08 AFFIRMS vow
Ex12-05a PERFECT Lv22-21 Not blemished
Gn15-10a Hebrew BTR*6 Jr34-18 Cut-Split animal
Dt26-14c GIFT TO THE DEAD Gn48-29:30 BURIAL*5
Dt27-24a HIT STEATHILY Lv19-16 SLANDER
Lv09-17b beside the MORNING sac Nu28-23 DAILY MORNING SAC
Nu26-10a BANNER fire on rebels Nu17-03 SYMBOL*3
Dt01-19a GREAT & AWESOME desert Dt08-15 with snakes
Ex13-20a SUCCOTH*1 Nu33-05 RMSYTH->SCCTH
Gn15-09 CALF Lv09-07d 1 year old
Ex21-17b HIS BLOOD ON HIM Lv20-27 StoneTo Death
Ex14-24b CONFUSION attacks 1S07-10 by NOISE
Ex30-13e GAYRAH 1S02-36 CURRENCY UNIT
Ex30-18d Washpan near ALTAR Ex40-27:29 COPPER ALTAR
Nu01-02a Count Jews by FAMILY Nu01 Count by TRIBE
Nu01-02c Count Jews by HEADS Ex38-26*2 COIN per HEAD
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Ex29-42a CONTINUAL offering Ex29-39 Twice a day*4
Ex27-20 CONTINUOUS burning Ex27-21a all night*4
NOTES
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*1 Ex13-20 Jews journeyed from Succoth after Exodus
Ex12-27 Exodus: Jews go from Raamsayth to Succoth
Nu33-05 Exodus, Then Raamsayth, THen Succoth
The point is that Nu33-05 makes it clear that
there were 3 places
- Exodus FROM Egypt
- TO Raamsayth
- TO Succoth.
Ex13-20 only mentions 2 of the places
Ex12-27 makes it sound like they left EGYPT, ie
they left RAAMSAYTH.
It is in fact common for places to have multiple
names. So Nu33-05 illumines that there were 3
distinct places
*2 Also see Ex30-11:16 which prohibits DIRECTLY
counting people. Instead, we must count the
COINS of each person and from this infer
the total count.
*3 Nu17-05 further illumines by calling it a MEMORIAL
Thus we have SYMBOL MEMORIAL BANNER.
Since NAYS means BANNER it refers to anything
that ATTRACTS attention such as SYMBOLS or
MIRACLES
*4 In this example the Hebrew word TaMid can mean
either CONTINUAL or CONTINUOUS depending on context.
*5 Rashi extends the meaning of GIFT TO THE DEAD to
all BURIAL RELATED MATTERS such as provision of
shrouds and the coffin
*6 Rashi notes that Gn15-17 speaks about
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The FIRE PILLAR that TRANSITED thru the cut animals
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Since FIRE is symbolic of PROPHETIC ENCOUNTER we infer
that GOD symbolically TRANSITED the cut animals to
affirm the CONVENANT He made with Abraham
*7 In the case of sale of estate the inheritance "leaves
the family." To STAND the inheritance is to INHERIT
the property so that the property STANDS (that is,
remains) in the family. [In passing Rashi seems to
derive certain laws from the word TOGETHER...when
brothers live TOGETHER...however I believe that all
the derivations come from the nuances of STAND)
*8 Jr34-18 speaks about treaty makers
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CUTTING AN ANIMAL AND PASSING THRU THE CUTS
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Rashi explains that those who wished to make a treaty
would
- cut an animal in half
- place the two halves down
- the two parties to the treaty would
- walk inbetween the two halves
- [and then eat the animal to cement the treaty]
Hence the IDIOM: PASS INTO TREATY.
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*10 Rashi also on this verse cites 5-6 verses to show
that the Hebrew root Nun-Vuv-Aleph means to RATTLE
However the phrase RATTLE THE VOW still needs
clarification which is done by comparing it to
Nu30-09--RATTLE VOW and ANNUL it. Since the major
part of the derivation is from the OTHER VERSE
we omit this supplemental list of verses.
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