Balaam Asked to Curse Israel the King's Own Crown

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Balak 17:7

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

(Numbers 23:7:) "And come, denounce Israel." A parable: A king who took a crown and set it upon his head, and a person said of it that it is nothing—does he get to keep his life? And concerning these it is written (Isaiah 49:3): "Israel, in whom I will be glorified."

Themes

Divine GloryKingsWisdom

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