Reference for Sotah 93:2
אמר רבי חנינא בשביל ארבעים ושנים קרבנות שהקריב בלק מלך מואב הובקעו מישראל ארבעים ושנים ילדים איני
R. Hanina said: On account of the forty-two sacrifices which Balak, king of Moab, offered,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXIII, 1, 14, 29. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> were forty-two children cut off from Israel. But it is not so; for Rab Judah has said in the name of Rab: Always should a man occupy himself with Torah and the commandments even though it be not for their own sake,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Without the expectation of reward. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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