Another Example of Distinctio

So I'm going back to my Jewish Day School roots for this example...

Because the Bible is not always clear at times, there are many commentators that work to clarify ambiguous words. Rashi is one of the most famous commentators who uses distinctio a lot. Here is an example:

Bible: God said to Moses, "Thus tell the people, "You have seen that from heaven I have spoken with you."" (Exodus 20:18)


Rashi explains what it means when it says they saw that what was spoken to them by clarifying the special supernatural event that occurred: 
They saw the sounds; they saw that which is usually heard, that which was impossible to see under different circumstances. [Rashi 20:15)




Distinctio.