VERSE: Nu22-21b

======================== Nu22-21b =============================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashi's 10 major methods is the study of FORMATTING
effects that indicate emphasis. We call this the Rashi method
of FORMATTING.

Modern authors have a variety of methods to indicate FORMATTING
such as a) bold-underline-italics, b) bullets, c) paragraphing.
Modern authors use bold-underline-italics to indicate
emphasis. The Biblical authors use REPETITION to indicate
emphasis. We call this the Rashi sub-method of REPETITION.

EXAMPLE Nu22-21b
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Note the CAPPED references to MOAB in Nu22-13:22
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Bilam told BALAKS PRINCES
Go to YOUR land
GOd will not let me go with YOU
The MOAB PRINCES came to Balak and said
Bilam refused to go with US
Balak sent more princes more distinguished than THESE
THEY came to Bilam
THEY said Balak asks you to come
Bilam told BALAKS SERVANTS
..Please YOU stay over tonight
..God told Bilam if the PEOPLE came for you
..Go with THEM
..Bilam got up and went with MOABS PRINCES
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Thus MOAB is referred to as
- BALAKS/MOABS PRINCES/SERVANTS
- YOU
- PEOPLE

Normal grammatical usage requires one statement
of the noun followed by use of a pronoun (YOU).
Malbim suggests that a NOUN vs a PRONOUN is interpreted
like all REPETITION. Hence we present two interpretations

Rashi
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The repetition WENT WITH MOAB MOAB has nuances of
a BROAD interpretation--Bilam
- went with them physically
- went with them intellectually
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An alternative interpretation of Rashi is as follows
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Note how the MOAB princes are referred to as
- MOAB PRINCES
- PEOPLE
- THEM
If the verse says BILAM WENT WITH MOABS PRINCES
the emphasis is not on THEM but on MOABS PRINCES
-- that is he went with their philosophy--he agreed
with them
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LIST150a below presents other examples where verses are
interpreted broadly because of a REPETITION.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        REPETITION
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      BROAD
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #20
SEE BELOW                LIST150a
List of verses with      REPEATED words interpreted
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List of verses with REPEATED words interpreted broadly
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VERSE    TEXT OF VERSE          EMPHASIS...DO IT...
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Nu22-21b Went with MOAB MOAB    a)went physicaly b)agreed with
Nu13-30c we-ll GO UP GO UP      we-ll WIN WAR no matter what
Lv20-09a PARENTS...PARENTS      EVEN after death
Lv19-22a the SIN HE SINNED      WHETHER willful or inadvertent
Dt13-16a HIT HIT by sword       EVEN by Fire
Dt15-08b GIVE GIVE charity      EVEN by loaning
Dt16-20a PURSUE PURSUE Justice  EVEN for mistaken aquitals
Ex12-09c COOK COOK in water     EVEN in other liquids
Lv13-35a SPREAD SPREAD after OK EVEN if SPREAD while impure
Lv17-13a HUNT A HUNT*10         EVEN for a non-hunted animal
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Nu05-22c women says AMEN AMEN*5 Adultery from marriage:engaged
Lv25-26c no menial work(repeat) Master to slave;King to subjct
Lv20-02b EXECUTE EXECUTE        EVEN by the masses*1
Lv07-19b MEAT:all MEAT eatable  Even if PART of organ bad*3
Lv05-15b TRESPASS TRESPASS tmpl Not only eating;any benefit*2
Lv13-44a DECLARE DECLARE impure EVEN if not a head leprosy*4

NOTES
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*1 Supported  by Dt17-06:07 which states
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   ..first the witnesses execute...then the people execute
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*2 See http://www.Rashiyomi.com/lv05-02a.htm for a full
   discussion of the three Rashi methods connected with
   this verse.

*3 e.g. If PART of meat fell outside temple (and is thereby
   impure) then you can still eat the part of the meat
   that remained inside the temple (even though the two
   parts are connected)

*4 The text of Lv13-32:45 is as follows
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   If on his baldness there is pinkish affiction then
   leprosy is sprouting in his baldness; the priest
   reviews and confirms the pinkish affliction in his
   baldness just like skin leprosy...[then] this person
   is leprousand is ritually impure; the priest shall
   DECLARE DECLARE him impure and the lepor with the
   affliction: his garments shall be rent and his head
   left wild....
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   The words DECLARE DECLARE encourage a BROAD
   interpretation of this chapter: The requirements of
   declaration, garment renting and head left wild apply
   not only to the subject of the chapter---a bald person
   with leprosy---but apply to ANY lepor

*5 Rashi actually brings down THREE consequences of
   the broad interpretation emanating from the repeated
   word
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The word AMEN signifies acceptance of an oath of curse
- ACCEPTANCE whether she committed adultery from
  the suspected person OR from any other person

- ACCEPTANCE whether she cheated while married or
  whether she cheated while (BiblicallY) engaged

- ACCEPTANCE of both the OATH (I didnt commit adultery)
  as well as the consequent CURSE (May I be punished
  if I did commit adultery)
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  From these three distinct interpretations we infer
  that the basic idea of Rashi is that
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  The repetition indicates ACCEPTANCE
  IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES
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*6 An alternative approach not based on repetition
   reviews all references to MOAB in Nu22-10:21. They
   are referred to as
   - Moabs princes
   - Balaks servants
   - Them
   - people
   If in Nu22-21 it refers to them as MOAB PRINCES
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   Bilam went with Moabs princes
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   The emphasis seems to be that he went with them
   and the Moabite philosophy (He agreed with them)

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*10 Rashi citing the Talmud asks
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   But if the law applies to HUNTED or DOMISTICATED
   (non-hunted) animals why does the bible use the
   phrase HUNT alltogether? ANSWER: The Bible speaks
   about a TYPICAL SITUATION: One normally should not
   eat meat except on special occassions and after
   significant work like a hunt
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