*1 Thus Rashi on Gn18-18a connects
- Gn18-17 I should tell Abe about destruction
- Gn18-18 Gods goal to make Abraham a leader/teacher

Similarly Rashi on Gn18-20a connects
- The goal to tell Abraham
- The actual telling

*2 The actual verse doesnt state the goal but rather
states it rhetorically SHOULD I HIDE FROM ABRAHAM
This has the same meaning as I SHOULD TELL HIM

*1 RASHI: Abraham was concerned about idolatry while Lot wasnt
Hence Abraham did not want the dust, that people who
bow to idols acquire, in his house (So they had to wash
and remove the idol-dust first before staying over). Lot
wasnt that particular and invited them to stay over first*1

*10 I think the proper way of reading this Rashi is that
Rashi is
- FOCUSING on the alignment (and the different order)
- giving ONE EXAMPLE of resolution
Thus if the reader could come up with some other
reason that the order was reversed then this alternative
explanation would also be in the spirit of Rashi

*1 Sarah said MY HUSBAND IS OLD (and hence I cant give birth)
While God when citing Sarah CHANGED this and cited
Sarah as saying I (SARAH) am old.

This change is consistent with the known rule that it
is required to modify the truth for purposes of peace.
(Alternatively one can infer the rule from here)

*2 This phrase is the same in both verses

*1 See Lv26-03. Thus Lv26-03:06 explicitly states that
when we observe, God will remove wild animals. Dt08-02
by contrast, explains that conquest of Israel will
happen slowly FOR IF IT HAPPEEND QUICKLY WILD ANIMALS
WOULD COME (because the Jews moral nature was not
yet  perfected and the protection of Lv26-03:06
does not yet apply) *11

*2 COARSE flour was used in cooking to wash the pot
sides to clear it from rust producing agents and
rotted food particles.

*10 Rashis point is strengthened by the abrupt change
of subject
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Nu04-04 This is the job of the KEHATHITES
Nu04-05 The PRIESTS come and cover the articles
...
Nu04-15 ..and AFTERWARDS the KEHATHITES come
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If one just reads Nu04-04 and Nu04-05 by themselves
it appears as if the PRIESTS mentioned in Nu04-05
refer back to the KEHATHITES mentioned in Nu04-04

*11 Interesting Rashi cites a verse in Job rather
than the  explicit Lv26-03:06. Rashi also does
not explicitly mention that he is using the rule
of resolving 2 contradictory cases.
But that IS what Rashi does. It seems rather
straightforward to introduce Lv26-03:06. Rashi
probably  expected the reader to know this verse
since it comes in the great REBUKE---Rashi complements
this verses with complementary verses in Job

*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

*4 Thus we see these other verses as indicating
that reference to gOD should be interpreted as
CONQUEST BY gOD. Hence the verse reads
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God by Himself gave the Jews rest
There were no other gods
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In other words the Jews did not lose battles
and achieved prosperity without political
alliances.*11

*5 We could also refer to Gn18-01 THE HEAT OF THE DAY
Thus a requirement for guests was to have SHADY
trees where they could rest. Gn21-33 describes
Abrahams trees as being of the AYSHEL variety
which indicates peace and tranquility (from
adequate food and shade)

*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

*11
The use of words to refer to RELATED ITEMS is
a literary device call SYNECHDOCHE or METONOMY