Kabbalah for Bava Batra 156:12
א"ר שמואל בר נחמן א"ר יוחנן מאי דכתיב (במדבר כא, כז) על כן יאמרו המושלים וגו'
— if thou dost so, thou shalt be built in this world and thou shalt be established in the world to come. <i>'Ayyar Sihon</i>:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. [H] punctuated as in M.T. gives the meaning 'city of Sihon'. But it may also be punctuated [H] in accordance with the interpretation here given. [H] 'young ass'; [H] of the same root as [H] 'talk'. ');"><sup>32</sup></span> if a man makes himself like a young ass that follows the gentle talk [of sin]; what comes next?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'what is written after it'. ');"><sup>33</sup></span> <i>For a fire goes out Meheshbon</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. v. 28. Heb. [H] may mean 'from the city of Heshbon' (as E.V.). and may also be taken as coming from the root [H], 'to reckon', 'to consider', V. p. 317, n. 9. ');"><sup>34</sup></span>