Tosefta for Kiddushin 78:13

אמר רב יוסף אילמלי דרשיה אחר להאי קרא כרבי יעקב בר ברתיה לא חטא ואחר מאי הוא איכא דאמרי כי האי גוונא חזא

But R'Eleazar said: Those who are engaged on a precept are never harmed, either when going or returning? - It was a rickety ladder, so that injury was likely,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'established'.');">³²</span> and where injury is likely one must not rely on a miracle, for it is written, and Samuel said: How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 1 Sam. XVI, 2; he did not rely upon the fact that his mission was by God's command.');">³³</span>

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