And the Lord scattered them in this world, and from thence
the Lord scattered them in the world to come. The men of Sodom have no
portion in the world to come, as is said, "But the men of Sodom were
wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly,"(419) wicked in this
world, and sinners in the world to come. But they will stand in judgment.
R. Nehemiah said, "neither one nor other will stand in judgment," as is
said, "Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners
in the congregation of the righteous."(420) "Therefore the wicked shall
not stand in judgment;" this is the generation of the deluge: "Nor sinners
in the congregation of the righteous;" these are the men of Sodom. The
(Sages) said to him, "they do not stand in the congregation of the
righteous, but they stand in the congregation of the wicked." The spies
have no portion in the world to come, as is said, "Even those men that did
bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the
Lord."(421) And they died in this world. They also died in the plague in
the world to come. "The generation of the wilderness has no portion in the
world to come, and they will not stand in judgment, as is said, 'In this
wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.' "(422) The
words of R. Akiba. R. Eliezer said, "of them He said, 'Gather my saints
together unto me, those that have made a covenant with me by
sacrifice.' "(423) "The congregation of Korah will not come up, as is
said, 'And the earth closed upon them'(424) in this world. 'And they
perished from among the congregation' in the world to come." The words of
R. Akiba. R. Eliezer said, "of them he said, 'The Lord killeth and maketh
alive; he bringeth down to the grave and bringeth up.' "(425) "The ten
tribes will not return, as is said, 'And cast them into another land, as
it is this day';(426) as the day departs and does not return, so they
depart and do not return." The words of R. Akiba. R. Eliezer said, "as the
day darkens and brightens, so will it be with the ten tribes; as it was
dark for them, so will it be bright for them."

4. The men of a city withdrawn to idolatry have no portion in the world to
come, as is said, "Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from
among you and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city,"(427) and they
are not to be killed till the withdrawers be from the city itself and from
the tribe itself, and till it withdraw the majority,