Jewish%20thought for Sanhedrin 163:14

ושמואל אמר ראה שאין (משלי כא, ל) חכמה ואין תבונה ואין עצה נגד ה' כל מקום שיש חילול השם אין חולקין כבוד לרב ר' יצחק אמר ר"א ראה שבא מלאך והשחית בעם

He then seized her by her coiffure and brought her before Moses. 'Son of Amram,' exclaimed he, 'is this woman forbidden or permitted? And should you say. "She is forbidden", who permitted thee Jethro's daughter'? At that moment Moses forgot the <i>halachah</i> [concerning intimacy with a heathen woman], and all the people burst into tears; hence it is written, and they were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid 6. ');">²⁵</span> And it is also written, And Phineas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid 7. ');">²⁶</span>

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