Reference for Sanhedrin 211:17

(יהושע יג, כב) ואת בלעם בן בעור הקוסם קוסם נביא הוא א"ר יוחנן בתחלה נביא ולבסוף קוסם אמר רב פפא היינו דאמרי אינשי מסגני ושילטי הואי אייזן לגברי נגרי

And Israel abode in Shittim.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXV, 1. ');">²³</span> R. Eliezer said: Its name was Shittim. R. Joshua said: They engaged in ways of folly [shetuth],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H]. ');">²⁴</span> And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 2. ');">²⁵</span> R. Eliezer said: <font>They met them naked</font>;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' They called — i.e., they attracted them by their naked bodies. ');">²⁶</span> R. Joshua said: <font>They were all excited to pollution</font>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deriving [H] from [H] the usual euphemism for semen. ');">²⁷</span> What is the meaning of Rephidim?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Having discussed the meaning of one place name, the Talmud proceeds to discuss another: Then came Amalek and fought with Israel in Rephidim — Ex. XVII, 8. ');">²⁸</span> — R. Eliezer said: Rephidim was its name. R. Joshua said: [It was so called] because there they slackened in [their loyalty to] the Torah, as it is written, The fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jer. XLVII, 3. This is quoted to shew that [H] which he assumes to be the root of Rephidim, connotes weakness. ');">²⁹</span> R. Johanan said: Wherever [Scripture] writes 'And he abode [or dwelt]', it denotes trouble, Thus: And Israel abode in Shittim — and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. ');">³⁰</span> And Jacob dwelt in the laid where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XXXVII, 1. ');">³¹</span> — and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 3. ');">³²</span> And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XLVII, 27. ');">³³</span> — And the time drew near that Israel must die;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 29. ');">³⁴</span> And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Kings V, 5. ');">³⁵</span> — And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was the king's seed in Edom.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XI, 14. ');">³⁶</span> And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain&nbsp;… <font>Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword</font>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num, XXXI, 8. ');">³⁷</span> <font>What business had Balaam there?</font> — R. Jonathan said: <font>He went to receive &nbsp; &nbsp; his reward for the twenty-four thousand Israelites whose destruction he had encompassed</font>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. ibid, XXV, 1-9: since Israel was thus seduced and punished through his advice, as stated above, he demanded payment. ');">³⁸</span> Mar Zutra b. Tobiah remarked in Rab's name: This is what men say, 'When the camel went to demand horns, they cut off the ears he had.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So Balaam, demanding a reward, lost his life. ');">³⁹</span>

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