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VERSE: Ex19-04a

RASHIS COVERED: Ex19-04a Nu14-32a Dt01-08a Ex20-19b

====================== YOU SAW emphasizes NOT BY HEARSAY ========

BACKGROUND
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In various Torah Texts Moses exhorts the people to stick to Gods
ways.

THE TEXT
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Moses mentions the arguments that YOU PERSONALLY SAW ALL
THESE MIRACLES.

THE RASHI
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Rashi interprets the emphasis in YOU SAW as
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 You PERSONALLY SAW it; it was not by hearsay
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Rashi derives this from the emphasis in two words
-- YOU (vs your children)
-- SAW (vs hearsay)

A second approach to support this claim is the citation of
surrounding verses which show a contrast between YOU WHO
DID SEE THIS vs YOUR CHILDREN WHICH DID NOT.


THE LIST
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We bring a collection of verses where the NUANCE is that you
PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED this--it was not by HEARSAY and not
to your CHILDREN. Two types of verses are brought
-- the word YOU emphasizes YOU vs YOUR CHILDREN
-- the word SAW emphasizes SEE vs HEARSAY
Some verses use BOTH words (YOU,SAW) while some use one word
The footnotes document how sometimes Rashi emphasizes the words
YOU SAW while at other times Rashi emphasizes surrounding verses
which indicate that this happened to YOU not to YOUR CHILDREN.
Here is the list.
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VERSE    TEXT OF VERSE WITH you OR saw                 YOU? SAW?
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Ex19-04a YOU SAW what I did to Egypt*1                 YOU  SAW
Ex20-19b YOU SEE that I,God spoke to you from heaven*1 YOU  SAW
Nu14-32a your bodies--YOURS-will fall in this desert*2 YOU
Dt01-08a SEE God gives you the land of Israel *1            SAW
Dt11-07  Your children didnt see but your own eyes saw *2   SAW
Dt29-15  For YOU know how we sat in Egypt*2            YOU

NOTES
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*1 In these verses Rashi emphasizes that YOU SAW
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   You had 1st hand knowledge and not hearsay
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*2 In these verses the emphasis is on the contrast
   of YOU vs CHILDREN

   - Dt11-07 explicitly mentions NOT YOUR CHILDREN but YOU SAW
   - Nu14-31 mentions CHILDREN wont die; Nu14-32 says YOU-ll die
   - Dt29-13 mentions THOSE WHO ARE HERE and THOSE WHO ARENT
     HERE which contrasts with the statements in Dt29-15 that
     YOU SAW
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