Commentary for Bava Batra 235:7
התם עצה טובה קא משמע לן דאיבעי ליה לאיניש לאיזדהורי מעינא בישא והיינו דקאמר להו יהושע דכתיב (יהושע יז, טו) ויאמר אליהם יהושע אם עם רב אתה עלה לך היערה אמר להו לכו והחבאו עצמכם ביערים שלא תשלוט בכם עין רע
[it may be replied, Scripture desired] to impart to us good advice, [namely,] that a person should he on his guard against an evil eye. And this indeed is [the purpose] of what Joshua said unto them; as it is written, And Joshua said unto them: 'If thou be a great people, get thee up to the forest'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Josh.XVII, 15. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> [It is this that] he said to them: 'Go and hide yourselves in the forests so that an evil eye may have no power over you'.
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