Jewish%20thought for Bava Batra 31:5
אמר רבי יוחנן אלמלא מקרא כתוב אי אפשר לאומרו כאדם שמסיתין אותו וניסת
and it is written here [in connection with Satan] 'Only upon himself put not forth thine hand.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Job I, 12. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> The same is also the Angel of Death, since it says, Only spare his life,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. II, 6. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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