287. \u201cAnd God came to Balaam and said, \u2018Who are these men with you?\u2019\u201d His degree, which was from the left side, had to ask, for it did not know. Although the friends awakened about it in a different manner, saying that the Creator tested him with his words, for they were three whom God tried: one was Hezekiah, one was Ezekiel, and one was Balaam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two did not endure the text properly, and one did, which is Ezekiel, as it is written that the Creator asked him, \u201cWould these bones live?\u201d And he replied and said, \u201cLord God, You know.\u201d Hezekiah said, \u201cThey came to me from a faraway land, from Babylon.\u201d Balaam said, \u201cBalak, son of Tzipor king of Moab, sent for me,\u201d to show that he was important among kings and rulers. But the Creator asked him in order to mislead him, as it is written, \u201cHe makes nations exalted and then destroys them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
288. One Cuthite asked Rabbi Elazar. He said to him, \u201cI see great power in Balaam, more than in Moses, for it is written of Moses, \u2018And He called unto Moses,\u2019 that He called him to come to Him, and it is written of Balaam, \u2018And God met Balaam,\u2019 and it is written, \u2018And God came to Balaam,\u2019 that God came to him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
289. He told him, \u201cIt is like a king sitting in his hall on the throne. A leper calls at the door. The king said, \u2018Who is it knocking on the door?\u2019 They said, \u2018Some leper.\u2019 He said, \u2018Let him not come in here and make the hall filthy. I know that if I tell him through a messenger, he will not fear me and will go to my son and approach him, and he will be defiled. Thus, I myself will go and threaten him to steer clear of my son\u2019s place of residence, and not defile him.\u2019 The king hurried and came to him, and threatened him and told him, \u2018Leper, leper, steer clear from the road where my son is present. If not, I am telling you that my maidservants\u2019 children will tear you to pieces.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
290. The one who loves the king is calling at the door. The king said, \u201cWho is it?\u201d They said, \u201cSo \u200eand so who loves you.\u201d He said, \u201cMy beloved whom my soul cherishes, no other voice shall \u200ecall him but I.\u201d The king shouted and said, \u201cSo and so, come in, whom my soul cherishes, my \u200eloved one.\u201d They set up the halls to speak with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
291. Balaam is the leper, who is far from people. He calls out at the king\u2019s gate. The king hears and says, \u201cThe impure leper shall not come in and make my hall filthy. I must go and threaten him not to approach the gate of my son and defile it. Hence, \u2018And God came to Balaam.\u2019 He said, \u2018Leper, leper, you shall not go with them; you shall not curse the nation, for it is blessed. You shall not approach my children, for better or for worse; you are impure in every sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, about Moses, it is written, \u201cAnd the voice of the king called unto Moses,\u201d and not through another messenger. From the tent of meeting, from the holy hall, from a corrected hall, from a distinguished hall that upper and lower crave, but cannot approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
292. \u201cAnd Balaam said to the God, \u2018Balak son of Tzipor, king of Moab, has sent for me.\u2019\u201d He said \u201cking of Moab\u201d to show that an important king had sent for me. See the pride of that wicked one, who said \u201cking of Moab\u201d and did not say \u201ca king for Moab,\u201d which would mean that he is not worthy of kingship, but became the king of Moab for some reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is written about the first king, \u201cAnd he fought against the first king of Moab.\u201d It is not written about him, \u201ca king for Moab,\u201d as it is written, \u201cBalak, son of Tzipor, a king for Moab at that time,\u201d since the first king was a king, son of a king, an important one, son of an important one. But of this one, it is written, \u201cBalak, son of Tzipor, a king for moab.\u201d The text testifies, \u201ca king for Moab,\u201d that he was not important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And Balaam said to God, \u201cBalak, son of Tzipor, king of Moab,\u201d hence my comment that he aimed for the great pride in his heart, saying, \u201cAll the kings in the world send messengers to me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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