Midras Yeremia 46:20: Midrash Tanchuma Buber

(Numb. 19:2:) <A RED HEIFER WITHOUT BLEMISH, IN WHICH THERE IS NO DEFECT, ON WHICH THERE HAS BEEN NO YOKE>. (Ibid.:) HEIFER. This is Egypt, as stated (in Jer. 46:20): EGYPT IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG COW.¹³²PRK 4:9; PR 14:15. (Numb. 19:2:) RED. This is Babylon, as stated (in Dan. 2:38): YOU ARE THE HEAD OF <RED> GOLD. (Numb. 19:2, cont.:) WITHOUT BLEMISH (temimah). This is Media, of which R. Hiyya bar Abba has said: The kings of Media are blameless (temimim); and the Holy One had nothing against them, for they only served the idols which they had received from their ancestors. (Numb. 19:2, cont.:) IN WHICH THERE IS NO DEFECT. This is Greece. When Alexander of Macedon saw Simeon the Just, he stood on his feet and said: Blessed is the God of Simeon the Just. The people of his palace¹³³Lat.: palatium; Gk.: palation. said to him: Do you stand in the presence of a Jew? He said to them: When I go down to battle, I see his image, and I am victorious.