PASSAGES RELATING TO JESUS
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Jesus, and also to strengthen the above contention
that Balaam is a type of Jesus, I will give a passage
in which they are mentioned together. By being
mentioned together, it is true that Balaam is not in
this case exactly a type of Jesus, i.e. we are not for
Balaam '
to read ' Jesus ' ; but the symbol is
expanded into a comparison, to suggest the conclusion,
'What Balaam was, such also was Jesus.' The
passage is as follows:-
JESUS AND BALAAM IN HELL
(13) b. Gitt.
56b,
57'.-Onqelos bar Qaloniqos,
sister's son of
Titus, desired to become a
proselyte. He called up Titus by necromancy.
He said to him, ' Who is honoured in this
world?' He replied, 'Israel.' ' What about
joining them?' He replied, ' Their words are
many and thou canst not fulfil them. Go,
join thyself to them in this world and thou
shalt become a leader, for it is written
[Lam.
i.
5], Her adversaries have become the head.
Every oppressor of Israel is made a head.'
He said to him, 'What is the punishment
of this man?'
[i.e.
'
what is thy punishment ' ?]
He replied, 'That which he determined for
himself. Every day they collect his ashes and
judge him, and burn him and scatter him over
seven seas.'
He called up Balaam by necromancy. He
said to him, ` Who is honoured in this world
?'
He replied,
` Israel.'
' What about joining
them ? ' He replied [Deut. xxiii.
6],
'
Thou
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