Nazir

Raba and some say R. Isaac, expounded as follows: What is the significance of the verse, He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire and snarleth against all sound wisdom?  'He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire' refers to Lot. 'And snarleth [yithgale'] against all sound wisdom', tells us that his disgrace was published [nithgaleh]  in the Synagogues and Houses of Study, as we have learnt: An Ammonite and a Moabite  are forbidden [in marriage] and the prohibition is perpetual. 'Ulla said: Both Tamar  and Zimri  committed adultery. Tamar committed adultery and gave birth to kings and prophets.  Zimri R. Nahman b. Isaac said: A transgression performed with good intention is better than a precept performed with evil intention.  But has not Rab Judah, citing Rab, said: A man should always occupy himself with the Torah and [its] precepts, even though it be for some ulterior motive,  for the result will be that he will eventually do them without ulterior motive?  — Read then: [A transgression performed with good intention is] as good as a precept performed for an ulterior motive, as it is written, Blessed above women shall Jael be, the wife of Heber the Kenite. Above women in the tent shall she be blessed,  and by 'women in the tent', Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah are meant. R. Johanan said: That wicked wretch [Sisera] had sevenfold intercourse [with Jael] at that time, as it says, At her feet he sunk, he fell, he lay; etc.  But she derived pleasure from his intercourse? — R. Johanan said:  All the favours of the wicked are evil to the righteous, for it says, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.  Now [that he was not to speak] bad we can understand, but why was he not to speak good? Thus it may properly be inferred that the good of such a one is an evil. The above text [states]: Rab Judah, citing Rab, said: A man should always occupy himself with the Torah and [its] precepts, even though it be for some ulterior motive, for the result will be that he will eventually do them without ulterior motive. For as reward for the forty-two sacrifices which the wicked Balak offered,  he was privileged to be the progenitor of Ruth, for R. Jose son of R. Hiyya b. Abba, citing R. Johanan. said: How do we know that the Holy One, blessed be He, does not withhold the reward even for a decorous expression? The elder daughter [of Lot] called her son Moab  and so the All-Merciful One said [to Moses]:  Be not at enmity with Moab, neither contend with them in battle.  Only war was forbidden, but they might be harassed. The younger daughter, on the other hand, called [her son's] name Ben-Ammi  and so it says, Harass them not, nor contend with them.  They were not to be harassed at all. R. Hiyya b. Abin said: R. Joshua b. Korha said: A man should always be as alert as possible to perform a precept, for as reward for anticipating the younger by one night, the elder daughter [of Lot]