Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 176:12

ואילו משה רבינו ברכן בשמונה וקללן בעשרים ושתים ברכן בשמונה

[case] 'sin' is placed before 'trespass'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Biblical text relating to ordinary robbery reads, If any one sin, and commit a trespass (Lev. V, 21), thus implying that the mere intention or commencement of the crime, even though the trespass had not yet been committed, is already called 'sin'. ');">³²</span> while in the latter, 'trespass' is mentioned before 'sin'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In speaking of the robbery of holy things the Bible reads, If any one commit a trespass and sin through error (Lev. V, 15). Thus implying that one is not guilty of 'sin' until after he has committed the 'trespass'. ');">³³</span> R. Levi further stated: Come and see [how] divine<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the Holy One, blessed be He'. ');">³⁴</span> disposition differs from that of mortals.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit.. 'flesh and blood'. ');">³⁵</span> The Holy One, blessed be He, blessed Israel with twenty-two [letters]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The passage of the blessings begins with the first, and finishes with the last letter of the alphabet. (Aleph ([H]) — Taw ([H]).) ');">³⁶</span> and cursed them [only] with eight.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The section of the curses begins with Waw ([H]) and finishes with Mem ([H]) (Sixth, to thirteenth letter of the alphabet = eight). ');">³⁷</span> He blessed them with twenty-two, from If [ye walk] in My statutes<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXVI, 3. It begins with [H] ');">³⁸</span> to [made you go] upright;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid, v. 13, ends with [H] ');">³⁹</span> and He cursed them with eight, from And if ye shall reject My statutes<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid, v. 15. beginning with [H] ');">⁴⁰</span> to And their soul abhorred My statutes.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. v. 43. ends with [H] ');">⁴¹</span> But Moses our teacher blessed them with eight and cursed them with twenty-two. He blessed them with eight,

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