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VERSE: Dt31-14a

RULE: Modern style allows CROSS-REFERENCING and HYPERLINKS.
By contrast Biblical Hebrew skillfully uses KEYWORDS to
indicate CROSS-REFERENCING and HYPERLINKS

EXAMPLES
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(1) Dt31-14a "Come to the Meeting Tent and I(God) will COMMAND
             Joshua"
    Dt31-23a "And He (God) COMMANDED Joshua and said
              Be strong...
              For you will bring the Jews to Israel
              And I(God) will be with you"

    RASHI: The word "COMMAND" in verse Dt31-14 HYPERLINKS to
           the actual COMMAND presented in Dt31-23.

           The content of this COMMAND is that Joshua should
           be emotionally strong and bring the Jews to Israel.

           NOTE: Rashis point is NOT about DICTIONARY meaning
           or GRAMMAR. Rashi is NOT saying that the word
           COMMAND can sometimes mean ENCOURAGEMENT. Rather
           Rashis point is about OVERALL STRUCTURE. Rashi point
           is that the COMMAND in Dt31-14 refers to the COMMAND
           in Dt31-23 whose content is one of encouragement.



(2) Dt31-19a "(You Moses) Write for them THIS POEM"

    RASHI: The phrase THIS POEM in Dt31-19 HYPERLINKS to the
    phrase THIS POEM in Dt31-30 which introduces the whole
    chapter Dt32.

    Note how Dt32 is one of the two Biblical chapters that
    is WRITTEN in a poetic 2-column format.

    Also note how the CONTENT of Dt32 corresponds exactly
    to the content of Dt31-19:21 that "if the Jews listen to
    God it will be well with them but if they don't listen
    to God it will be bad with them."

    In summary Rashi knows that "this poem" in Dt31-19a refers
    to the chapter Dt32 because of 3 factors

    * Dt32 is written in the FORM of a 2-column poem
    * Dt32 has the same content of reward & punishment as Dt31-19
    * Dt31-19 HYPERLINKS to Dt31-30 which introduces Dt32



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