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"Inquiries are not made except for a king." Whence do we deduce this? Said R. Abahu: As it is written [Num. xxvii. 21]: "Before Elazar the priest shall he stand, and he shall ask of him after the judgment of the Urim before the Lord … he and all the children of Israel with him." "He" means the king, and all Israel "with him" means, the priest anointed for war; and all the congregation means, the Sanhedrin.