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VERSE: Dt29-16c
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Several Biblical verses speak about the pagan gods of
WOOD AND STONE. By contrast the one verse which speaks
about the pagan gods of SILVER AND GOLD adds the adjectival
phrase gODS ..WHICH ARE WITH THEM. The ALIGNMENT of these
verses (WOOD STONE gODS vs SILVER GOLD gODS WITH THEM) clearly
points to two cases
- gODS WITH THEM say in the house vs
- gODS
Rashi justifies this emphasis by suggesting that there was
worry that the SILVER GOLD gODS would be stolen (And there
is Biblical precedent for worrying about stealing gODS)
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ITEM DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS: ALIGNMENT
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS TWO CASES
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #10
SEE BELOW LIST313d
Alignment of verses with reference to gods of wood,stone,silver
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Alignment of verses describing the material from which
idols are made. Two cases are shown
- Wood/stone idols which people left out in yards
- silver/gold idols which people kept in houses due to
worry about theft
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VERSE TEXT OF VERSE WITH REFERENCE TO IDOLS
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Dt04-28 You will worship other gods WOOD and STONE
Dt28-36 You will worship other gods WOOD and STONE
Dt28-64 You will worship other gods WOOD and STONE
Dt29-16 You saw .... the other gods WOOD and STONE
Dt29-16c You saw .... the other gods GOLD and SILVER with them
Differs *1 *2 *3
NOTES
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*1 Some of these verses simply describe the idols that
the Jews saw while other verses describe a curse
that they will have to work with people who serve
idols. This difference is immaterial to the further
distinctions in these verses
*2 WOOD STONE gODS are simply there. By contrast
*3 SILVER GOLD gODS are WITH THEM. The emphasis given
by this contrasting phrase suggests that pagans
kept there GOLD SILVER gODS in their house because
they were worried about theft*10 *11
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*10 There are Biblical precedents for worrying about theft
See Gn31-30 where Labans gods were stolen
*11 Note the skillful way we performed the alignment
It would be INCORRECT to argue as follows
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Dt29-16 You saw pagan gods
WOOD STONE
GOLD SILVER WITH THEM
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For in such a case the phrase WITH THEM could easily
refer back to all items in the verse (to both
the WOOD STONE GOLD and SILVER).
The correct approach to the alignment is to align
several verses speaking about pagan gods and
note that in only one of them is the phrase WITH THEM
mentioned (and that one occasion is in the verse
mentioning GOLD and SILVER gods suggesting a worry
about theft).
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