Why God Let the Defiant Balaam Go With Balak's Princes

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Balak 11:3

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

(Numbers 22:20:) "ARISE, GO WITH THEM." Once he had grown brazen, as it is said (Numbers 22:22), "And the anger of God was kindled because he was going," the Holy One, blessed be He, said: Wicked one! I have no desire for the death of the wicked. Since you wish to be lost from the world, "Arise, go with them."

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HumorWitSinRoyaltyKabbalah

Biblical References

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