“And this took place three times, and all were drawn up again into the heaven.
Then the displeasure of Balaq burned against Bilʽ
יהושע answered him, “Shall you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the cock shall not crow at all until you have denied Me three times.
He said to him the third time, “Shimʽ
“And see, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent to me from Caesarea.
“And the voice answered me again from the heaven, ‘What Elohim has cleansed you do not consider common.’
Concerning this I pleaded with the Master three times to take it away from me.