Monday 21 September 2015

rashi - Why give gentiles an evil prophet?



Rashi in Bamidbar 22:5 addresses Bilam's being a prophet:



"Why did the Holy One rest his Divine Presence upon a wicked gentile? So that the nations of the world should not have an excuse [as to why they didn't serve God]. They would have said, 'If we had prophets, we too would have repented.' So God established prophets for them."



To me this wouldn't seem 'fair'. If the gentiles would want a prophet to help them 'repent' why not establish for them a righteous gentile prophet?




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