Bar Kamtzah accepted the invitation, and was on hand at the appointed time, but when the host saw his enemy enter his house, he ordered him to leave at once. "Nay," said Bar Kamtzah, "now that I am here, do not so insult me as to send me forth. I will pay thee for all that I may eat and drink.*. "I want not thy money," returned the other, neither do I desire thy presence; get thee gone at once.
But Bar Kamtzah persisted. * I will pay the entire expense of thy feast, he said; do not let me be degraded in the eyes of thy guests. The host was determined, and Bar Kamtzah withdrew from the banquet-room in anger. " Many Rabbis were present, said he in his heart, " and not one of them interfered in my behalf, therefore this insult which they saw put upon me must have pleased them.". So Bar Kamtzah spoke treacherously of the Jews unto the king, saying, "The Jews have rebelled against thee.". " How can I know this? inquired the king. " Send a sacrifice to their Temple and it will be rejected," replied Bar Kamtzah.
The ruler then sent a well-conditioned calf to be sacrificed for him in the Temple, but through the machinations. of Bar Kamtzah the messenger inflicted a blemish upon it, and, of course, not being fit for the sacrifice it was not accepted.