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This is [the meaning of] the dictum of our Sages, of blessed memory (Makkot 24b): “Habakkuk came and established [all of the commandments] on one [principle]: ‘The righteous one shall live by his faith’ (Hab. 2:4)”; and the saying of our Sages, of blessed memory (Bava Batra 78a): “‘Therefore the rulers shall say: Come to Heshbon’ (Num. 21:27),9In addition to being a place name in Transjordan, the word “ḥeshbon” can also mean “calculation” or “introspection.” [i.e., calculate] the cost of a mitzva against its benefit and the benefit of a sin against its cost.”