Reference for Bava Batra 14:15

אלא הכי קאמר אספרם למעשיהם של צדיקים מחול ירבון וקל וחומר ומה חול שמועט מגין על הים מעשיהם של צדיקים שהם מרובים לא כל שכן שמגינים עליהם

levied the impost for the wall on the Rabbis. Said Resh Lakish: The Rabbis do not require the protection [of a wall], as it is written, If I should count them, they are more In number than the sand.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. CXXXIX, 18. ');">²³</span> Who are these that are counted? Shall I say the righteous,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Referred to in the word [H] in the previous verse, which Resh Lakish translates 'friends' (E.V. 'thoughts'). ');">²⁴</span>

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