Rashi, on Prov 13:17

“The messenger of the wicked shall fall into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.”

“A wicked messenger falls into evil like Balaam, to whom the Holy One, blessed be He, said (Num. 22:35): “Go with the men,” but he dealt wickedly to entice Balak to follow his evil counsel; therefore, he fell by the sword. but a faithful emissary brings healing This is Moses, our teacher.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.