“They fell on their faces, and said: God, God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You will rage against the entire congregation?” (Numbers 16:22). “And said” – They said before Him: ‘Master of the universe, a flesh and blood king against whom a province rebelled, and twenty or thirty of them stood and cursed the king or his emissaries, he sends his legions there and introduces chaos among them and kills the good with the wicked, because he does not identify who among them rebelled and who did not rebel, who honored the king and who cursed [him].
But You, who knows a person’s thoughts and what the heart and the kidneys counsel, You understand the inclinations of Your creations, You know who sinned and who did not sin, who rebelled and who did not rebel, and You know the spirit of each and every one of them.’ That is why it is stated: “God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin…?” The Holy One blessed be He said to them: ‘You have spoken well. I will divulge who has sinned and who has not sinned.’