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Balak Saw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cAnd Balak Ben Tzipor saw,\u201d etc. We should understand why \u201cMoab feared,\u201d since it is written, \u201cDo not harass Moab.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hatam Sofer explains, as Maimonides wrote in eight chapters, that the Creator strengthened the heart of Egypt and the heart of Sihon in order to avenge the transgressions they had committed, not that that were done now, for this, since the Creator is the one who strengthened and hardened their hearts against their own good, so how would they be punished for it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Balak knew that Israel would not go against him, since they were warned, \u201cDo not harass Moab.\u201d However, he feared that the Creator would strengthen his heart until he begins to afflict them with wicked afflictions, and then they would have permission to go against him. 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