And furthermore: The ‘bird’s nest’ above is the Throne, and Her nest below is Metatron. And regarding it is stated: (Num. 14:18)... and will surely not acquit (naqeh)... The word qan (nest) is there, and this is: (Naḥ. 1:2)... jealous (qano) and revenging (noqem)...
When a nest in which to abide is not found, then (Deut. 22:6)... on the way... This is that of which it is stated: (Josh. 5:4)... they died in the desert ‘on the way’, in their going out from Egypt.
And furthermore:... on the way... – this is the burial of Rachel, which is upon a crossroads (pharashat) aurḥin, and upon it is stated: (Jer. 9:1) Would that I had a guests’∞aurḥim lodging in the desert... And they are ‘the 2 messiahs’, who shall pass through there, when they come to redeem Israel.