ונפש רחבה. פירש הר"ב שאם לא היה רב התאוה לא היה יועץ וכו' שמצות בני אדם אינם רק לפי דעתם כי הטובים לא יצוו ברע אבל יזהירו ממנו והכתוב אומר (במדבר ל"א) הן הנה היו לבני ישראל בדבר בלעם. הרמב"ם: EXPANSIVE SOUL. Rav: were he not possessed by desire, he would not have advised Balak to have the daughters of Moab prostitute themselves. Rambam: for a person only orders done that which is in accordance with his thoughts. Good people do not order wicked things done, they warn others against doing them. And the Torah says, “they were the ones who, upon Balaam’s advice, induced the Israelites to betray G-d” (Numbers 31:16).
אוכלין בעוה"ז. זה ע"ד יגיע כפיך כי תאכל אשריך בעוה"ז כדפירש רש"י ברפ"ד דאלת"ה הרי כמה מתלמידיו של אברהם אבינו ע"ה הרעבים וצמאים בעוה"ז. אלא לפי שהם מסתפקין ואינם נצרכים לבריות. נקראו אוכלי עוה"ז. ועי"ל ששורת הדין הוא אומר אבל אל דעות ה' ולו נתכנו עלילות להנחילו יותר בעוה"ב: BENEFIT IN THIS WORLD. In the sense of “if you benefit from the labor of your hands, you are praiseworthy and it goes well with you” (Psalms 128:2)—“praiseworthy” in this world, as Rashi explains on the mishna in 4:1. For there are many students of Abraham who suffer hunger and thirst in this world. But since they are content and do not need help from others, they are called those who “benefit in this world”.
Alternatively, this is what properly would take place. But G-d is “the G-d [who knows] all thoughts” (1 Samuel 2:3), and he has calculated a person’s deeds and given him a greater inheritance in the World to Come.
להנחיל אוהבי יש. פירש הר"ב בעוה"ב. ועיין בסוף מסכת עוקצין. I HAVE WHAT TO ENDOW THOSE WHO LOVE ME. Rav: in the World to Come. See the mishna in Uktzin 3:12.
יורשים גיהנם. בעוה"ז כדאמרי' (יומא דף ע"ב) לא תירתו תרתי גיהנם: מד"ש: INHERIT GEHINNOM. In this world, as the Talmud says (Yoma 72b), “do not inherit Gehinnom twice!”235There, Rava speaks to Torah scholars who do not keep the laws carefully enough, and warns them that they will inherit Gehinnom twice: once, in that they suffer in this world in studying Torah, and again when they are punished for their sins in the next.—Midrash Shmuel.
אנשי דמים. פירש הר"ב בלעם שהפיל בעצתו וכו' והוא ג"כ איש מרמה בעשותו תחבולות לפעולת הרע. הרמב"ם: MEN OF BLOOD. Rav: Balaam, for through his advice he caused the deaths of 24,000 of Israel. Rambam: he is also called the “man of deceit” for employing trickery for evil deeds.