Related%20passage for Yoma 44:8
(שמואל א טו, ה) וירב בנחל אמר ר' מני על עסקי נחל בשעה שאמר לו הקב"ה לשאול (שמואל א טו, ג) לך והכית את עמלק אמר ומה נפש אחת אמרה תורה הבא עגלה ערופה כל הנפשות הללו על אחת כמה וכמה
on behalf of Abba Jose son of Dosthai, said: This is no contradiction: Here it speaks of [counting done] by human beings, there of counting by Heaven.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Maharsha: Human beings would weary of counting, because of the great number.');"><sup>10</sup></span> R'Nehilai B'Idi said in the name of Samuel: As soon as a man is appointed administrator of a community, he becomes rich - First it was written: 'And he counted them by means of pebbles,' and, in the end, 'And he counted them by means of sheep'.
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