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VERSE: Nu23-17a

========================= ALIGNMENT--NUANCES ====================

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY:
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Alignment Nu23-17 with Nu23-06 shows the following differences
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 Nu23-06 ALL Moabite princes were with him to request a curse
 Nu23-17 --- Moabite princes were with him to request a curse
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The implication is that the second time NOT ALL the princes
were there. The obvious suggestion is that when they saw
that God did not want to curse the Jewish people some of
them left. These subtle nuances show the delicate interplay
between a Leader and Advisor

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE
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Many Rashis do NOT focus on an internal analysis of the verse.
There may be nothing bothering Rashi in THAT verse. The words
used may all be normal.

But when the given verse is compared with another verse--that
is, when the two verses are ALIGNED together-- we see blatant
differences.

The ALIGNED verses therefore suggest that these ALIGNED
DIFFERENCES were deliberately placed there to emphasize
certain nuances. The standard example will illustrtae this.


STANDARD EXAMPLE
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Recall that the Moabite King BALAK was apprehensive about
Israel journeying throught its territory. It wanted Israel
banished. It hired a professional curse-man, Bilam who would
curse the Jews. Bilam however describes his job SLIGHTLY
differently. Here are the verses.

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 BALAK: Nu22-06 I will banish Jews FROM THE LAND
 BILAM: Nu22-11 ...... banish Jews -------------
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EXERCISE
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To fully appreciate Rashi perform the following 2 exercises
- What is the minor difference between the aligned verses?
- What NUANCE do YOU think this implies?


RASHIS SOLUTION
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BALAK only wanted Jews away from his land; his goals were
political. By contrast, BILAM wanted them DESTROYED. Hence...

BALAK wanted Jews BANISHED FROM THE LAND. But Bilam wanted
them BANISHED PERIOD (That is destroyed).


STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
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http://www.Rashiyomi.com/align-58.htm

This summary may be a bit too terse. You can browse the
57 postings leading up to by going to
http://www.Rashiyomi.com/align-1.htm
http://www.Rashiyomi.com/align-2.htm etc.

Or you can visit the Rashi Yomi Calendar at

http://www.RashiYomi.com/calendar1.htm

This calendar presents a day by day listing of Rashis.
The ALIGNMENT series occurs between 7-28-01 and 10-10-01.


HOW TO USE THESE LISTS FOR SCHOOL PROJECTS
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You can use the LISTS referenced above for
school projects. Here is how. If you are a
teacher then you can present the two aligned
verses and ask the students to perform the
following exercises

-- What are the minor differences between the verses
-- What nuances do they imply

The students can then compare their analysis with that
of Rashis. This leads to greater appreciation of Rashi.


TODAYS EXAMPLE
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Here is the list mentioned above
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VERSE   PHRASE1  PHRASE 2
======= ======== ================================================
Nu23-06 ALL      Moabite princes were with him to request curses
Nu23-17 ---      Moabite princes were with him to request curses
Differs *1       *2

NOTES
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*1 On the first request ALL princes were there while on the
   2nd request only [SOME] of the princes were there.
   Apparently they lost heart when they were refused the 1st
   time. (A similar interplay between advisors and Leaders
   is shown in Ex08-15
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RASHI RULE USED: ALIGNMENT
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WARNING: The following additional references may be too wordy
However they frequently contain additional information & lists
The hyperlinks only work on the main website

Volume 14 Number 12


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