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Talmud for Numbers 24:9

כָּרַ֨ע שָׁכַ֧ב כַּאֲרִ֛י וּכְלָבִ֖יא מִ֣י יְקִימֶ֑נּוּ מְבָרֲכֶ֣יךָ בָר֔וּךְ וְאֹרְרֶ֖יךָ אָרֽוּר׃

He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, And cursed be every one that curseth thee.

Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot

Rebbi Samuel bar Naḥman in the name of Rebbi Yehudah bar Zebida217A Galilean Amora of the second generation, possibly a student of Rav in Babylonia. He is also the author of the parallel statement in the Babli (12b). The statement of Rebbi Ḥuna is given in the Babli in the name of Rebbi Yose bar Abun. The reasons of Rebbi Yose bar Abun and Rebbi Eleazar in the Yerushalmi are missing in the Babli. The quotes in the Babli are all in the name of Galilean authorities.: It would have been logical that one also would have to recite the chapter of Balaq and Balaam every day218The blessings of Balaam, Num. 23:7–24:25.. Why does one not recite it? Not to incommodate the public too much. Rebbi Ḥuna said, because it mentions lying down and standing up219Num. 23:24, 24:9.. Rebbi Yose bar Abun said, because it contains the Exodus and God’s kingdom220Num. 24:8, 23:21.. Rebbi Eleazar said, because it is written in the Torah, in the Prophets, and in the Hagiographs.221In the Torah as indicated; in the Prophets Michah 6:5, in the Hagiographs Neḥemiah 13:2
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