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In this chapter, Jeremiah is menaced by a mob of priests and prophets with threats of death because he had compared Jerusalem to Shiloh\u2014signifying its imminent destruction (8, 11)\u2014but is exonerated by the officials and the general population (16) out of recognition of the genuineness of his prophecy. A turning point in the narrative is v. 10: \u201cWhen the officials of Judah heard about this, they went up from the king\u2019s palace to the House of the LORD and held a session at the entrance of the New Gate of the House of the LORD.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A close reading of the Hebrew, however, reveals that the word House (<\/span>beit<\/span><\/i>) at the very end of the verse is not actually in the text; however, its presence is implied based on both its earlier appearance in this verse as well as its explicit appearance in a similar later verse (36:10). This \u201cnow you see it, now you don\u2019t\u201d played havoc with the text of Rashi\u2019s commentary. As it is currently printed, it reads:<\/span><\/p>\n

At the entry to the Lord\u2019s new gate<\/span><\/em>: Some have emended the text. When Jehoiachin and some of the Temple were exiled, the soldiers of Nebuchadnezzar smashed the eastern gate. Zedekiah repaired and renewed it, so it is designated \u2018new.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

The opening phrase (\u201cSome have emended\u201d) is such an obvious <\/span>non sequitur<\/span><\/i> to what follows that it begs the question: Who emended which text?<\/span><\/p>\n

Shadal* explained:<\/span><\/p>\n

Many manuscripts state: \u201cThe gate of the Lord\u2019s house\u201d (as in 36:10), and it was so translated by the ancients. [Targum rendered it: \u201cAt the entry to the eastern gate of the Temple.\u201d] Rashi, too, transcribed it as: \u201cAt the entry to the new gate to the Lord\u2019s house\u2026\u201d Others, who realized that the word \u201chouse\u201d did not appear in their texts of the verse, added a marginal note: \u201cSome emended,\u201d meaning that the word \u201chouse\u201d was not written by Rashi but added by others. The copyists [erroneously] put the [marginal] note back into the text of Rashi\u2019s commentary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

*For an explanation of our objectives in studying Shadal\u2019s commentary, <\/span>see our introduction<\/span><\/a> in Jeremiah chapter 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

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