Chasidut for Numbers 23:9
כִּֽי־מֵרֹ֤אשׁ צֻרִים֙ אֶרְאֶ֔נּוּ וּמִגְּבָע֖וֹת אֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ הֶן־עָם֙ לְבָדָ֣ד יִשְׁכֹּ֔ן וּבַגּוֹיִ֖ם לֹ֥א יִתְחַשָּֽׁב׃
For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Kedushat Levi
Numbers 23,9. “as I see them from the mountain tops, etc.;” according to Rashi,, Bileam, viewing Israel’s origin, understands that the creation of hills and mountains, etc., was all due to G’d wanting a people such as Israel. If He had not foreseen this in the future He would not have bothered with creating our part of the universe. This reminds us of Tanna de bey Eliyahu 14 where the opening line in the Torah reading בראשית ברא אלוקים, is understood to mean that on account of Israel, also known as ראשית, G’d began the creation of the universe. Had G’d foreseen only gentile nations in the future He would not have bothered creating hills and mountains.
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