Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 210:4
ולא עוד אלא שאני עושה [לך] מעשה אישות בלילה כתיב הכא (במדבר כב, ל) ההסכן הסכנתי וכתיב התם (מלכים א א, ב) ותהי לו סוכנת
What is meant by that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord? — The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Israel: Know now how many acts of charity I performed for you in that I did not become angry all that time, in the days of <font>Balaam the Wicked</font>; for had I waxed angry during that time none would have remained or been spared of Israel's enemies.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A euphemism for Israel; v. p. 622, n. 1, For Balaam's curse pronounced at the very moment of My anger, would have been effective. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> And thus Balaam said to Balak, How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I rage, when the Lord hath not raged?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXIII, 8. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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