Talmud zu Bamidbar 23:7
וַיִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖וֹ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר מִן־אֲ֠רָם יַנְחֵ֨נִי בָלָ֤ק מֶֽלֶךְ־מוֹאָב֙ מֵֽהַרְרֵי־קֶ֔דֶם לְכָה֙ אָֽרָה־לִּ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב וּלְכָ֖ה זֹעֲמָ֥ה יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Da hub er an seinen Spruch und sprach: Von Aram ließ mich holen Balak, der König Moabs, von den Bergen des Morgenlandes; komm, verfluche mir Jakob und schilt Israel.
Jerusalem Talmud Sotah
Rebbi Aqiba explained: “Elihu Ben Barakhel the Buzite from the family Ram got angry.183Job32:2.” Elihu that is Bileam. Ben Barakhel, who came to curse Israel but blessed them. The Buzite184From the root בוז “to insult, to degrade”., whose prophecy was degraded, “who falls down open-eyed.185Num. 24:4.” From the family Ram, “from Aram did Balaq lead me186Num. 23:7..” Rebbi Eleazar ben Azariah said to him, if he is he, then the Omnipresent already covered it up. If he is not he, in the future [world] he will argue with you. But Elihu that is Isaac. Ben Barakhel, the son whom God blessed, as it was said: “The Eternal had blessed him187Gen. 26:12. In the Babli, Baba Batra15b, the consensus it that Elihu was Jewish; cf. Tosaphot s. v. אליהוא. Some commentators note that Gen.25:11 would have been a better quote since it mentions Isaac’s status as son and uses the term Elohim, contained in the name, and not YHWH, as in Gen.26:12.”. The Buzite184From the root בוז “to insult, to degrade”., who degraded all temples of foreign worship at the moment he was bound on the altar. From the family Ram, the son of Abram.
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