Jewish%20thought for Sanhedrin 209:16

א"ר יוחנן בלעם חיגר ברגלו אחת היה שנאמר (במדבר כג, ג) וילך שפי שמשון בשתי רגליו שנאמר (בראשית מט, יז) שפיפון עלי אורח הנושך עקבי סוס בלעם סומא באחת מעיניו היה שנאמר (במדבר כד, ג) שתום העין

Surely all the nationsthat forget God is written! But [interpret thus:] The wicked shall be turnedinto hell, and who are they? — all the nations that forgetGod.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Yad Ramah preserves a more preferable reading: 'this refers to the heathen. This is R. Eliezer's view. But R. Joshua said to him: Is it stated, and all nations, surely all nations etc. i.e., without a waw copulative, and hence in apposition to the first clause.] ');">³¹</span> Now, <font>that wicked man [Balaam]too gave a sign for himself [that he would not enter the future world bysaying</font>, Let me die the death of therighteous<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXIII, 20. ');">³²</span>

Explore jewish%20thought for Sanhedrin 209:16. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.