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VERSE: Nu03-25a
RASHIS COVERED: Nu03-25a Nu03-25b Nu03-25c
Nu03-25d Nu03-31a Nu04-25a
Nu04-25b Nu04-25c Nu04-25d
Ex35-11a Ex35-11b Ex35-11c
Ex35-12a Ex35-17b
========== VERSES CROSS REFERENCING TEMPLE ITEMS ==========
The 14 Rashis in the LIST below all comment on verses
mentioning TEMPLE items. In each case Rashi IDENTIFIES
WHICH items from the temple is cross referenced.
We have already identified 4 methods of cross reference
in http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h9n17.htm.
A cross reference
--can be LITERAL (word for word) & WITHOUT Ambiguity
--can be LITERAL but WITH OTHER POSSIBILITIES
--can be ONE TO ONE or ONE to MANY
Examples are presented in this LIST and further
elaborated on in the footnotes. Note that the columns
ITEM and REFERS-TO in this list cite ACTUAL BIBLICAL
LANGUAGE. Thus the reader can see when words are
identical.
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ITEM RASHI REFERS TO ORIGINAL TEXT
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Mishkan Ex35-11a Mishkan*1 Ex26-01:06*2
Mishkan Nu03-25a Mishkan Ex26-01:06
Mishkan curtain Nu04-25a curtains for Mshkan Ex26-01:06
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Tent Ex35-11b Tent Ex26-07:13
Tent Nu03-25b Tent Ex26-07:13
Meeting Tent*3 Nu04-25b Tent Ex26-07:13
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Cover*4 Ex35-11c Red& Unicorn Covers Ex26-14:14
Cover Nu03-25c Red& Unicorn Cover Ex26-14:14
Its cover Nu04-25c Cover of red rams Ex26-14:14
Unicorn cover Nu04-25d Cover of unicorn Ex26-14:14
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Masach Door Nu03-25d Masach for a door Ex26-36:36
Masach Door Ex35-15a Masach for a door Ex26-36:36
Paroceth Masach Ex35-12a Paroceth Ex26-31:35
Masach*5 Nu03-31a Paroceth Ex26-31:35
Courtyard Masch Ex35-17b Masach for Crtyard Ex27-16
NOTES
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*1 This cross reference is SIMPLE. The verses in Numbers
and Ex35 say TEMPLE or TEMPLE CURTAINS and this is
the EXACT SAME PHRASE used in Ex26. FUrthermore there
are no other items called temple. Hence the cross reference
is clear and unambiguous.
Rashi further fills in and mentions that the MISHKAN
was made of 10 CURTAINS.
*2 I have divided Ex26-01:14 into 3 paragraphs and Ex26-31:35
into 2 paragraphs based on the repeated KEYWORD: MAKE
--MAKE a MISHKAN Ex26-01:06
--MAKE a TENT Ex26-07:13
--MAKE a COVER Ex26-14:14
--MAKE a PAROCETH Ex26-31:35
--MAKE a DOOR Ex26-36:36
For further examples of the use of KEYWORDS to indicate
paragraphs see http://www.RashiYomi.Com/ex18-01d.htm
*3 Again this cross reference is SIMPLE. The word
(MEETING)TENT occuring in Ex35 and Nu is IDENTICAL with
the word TENT occuring in Ex26. There are no other
references to TENT. Hence the cross reference is
clear and unambiguous.
Rashi further fills in the cross reference and informs
us that the TENT was made of GOAT SKINS.
*4 This cross reference is ONE TO MANY. First, the temple
had TWO COVERINGS: A RED RAM SKIN and a UNICORN SKIN
(Ex26-14). Nu04-25 mentions BOTH these coverings
while by contrast Nu03-25 just mentions THE COVERING.
Hence we are forced to associate THE COVERING of
Nu03-25 as cross referencing BOTH COVERINGS.
*5 This is an example of a POTENTIALLY AMBIGUOUS cross
reference. The word MASACH (meaning covering) refers
to at least 3 items:
--the PAROCETH (Dividing the holies and holy of holies)
--the TEMPLE DOOR CURTAIN (Entrance to Candellabrah room)
--the COURTYARD DOOR (Entrance to courtyard)
Sometimes an extra link word clarifies the cross reference
by making it unique. Thus the HOLY OF HOLY DOOR is called
THE MASACH PAROCETH while no other door is called PAROCETH.
Such a lineup of phrases enables unique cross reference.
It however involves a little extra effort. By contrast,
the word DOOR can refer BOTH to the TENT DOOR(Ex35-15)
and COURTYARD DOOR(Nu04-26)
Thus the word PAROCETH MASACH clearly refers to the PAROCETH.
However in Nu03-31 the word MASACH occurs by itself! Which
of the 3 MASACHs does it refer to?
Thus the word PAROCETH MASACH clearly refers to the PAROCETH.
However in Nu03-31 the word MASACH occurs by itself! Which
of the 3 MASACHs does it refer to?
We can answer this by reviewing OTHER VERSES and CONTEXT.
Quite simply KEHATH is defined in Nu03-31
as dealing with ALL HOLY TEMPLE ITEMS like the
candellabrah, table etc. A similar statement is made
in Nu04-04. But Nu04-05 clearly states that KEHATH
starts his work by taking down the PAROCETH MASACH.
Since the PAROCETH is in the same room as the table,
candellabrah etc this has a proper "ring" to it.
Thus using the CONTENT of Kehaths work as well as using
the explicit reference in Nu04-05 I conclude that MASACH
refers to the PAROCETH.
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