...him. Three prophecies deserve particu^ lar notice. The first is that of Balaam. Numb. 24 : 17-19. " I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him,...out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession...

...the people be." And from that of Balaam, Numb. xxiv. 17. ante. " I " shall see him, but not now ; 1 shall behold " him, but not nigh ; there shall come...of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of " Israel, &c." Dr. Gray observes upon this passage, " The inspired hymn of Hannah " furnishes us with a grand...

...Christian cause in this matter. Numbers xxiv, 1 7. Part of the prophecy of Balaam there recited, is, There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, ' and shall bear rule over all the children of Setfa. We Christians interpret this of the Messiah ; and so doth...

...Christian cause in this matter. Numbers xxiv, ] 7. Part of the prophecy of Balaam there recited, is, There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, ' and shall bear rule over all the children of Seth. We Christians interpret this of the Messiah ; and so doth...

...begins with what more immediately concerns the Moabites, the people to which he was speaking : " There shall come a star out of Jacob ; and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel." The star and the sceptre are metaphors, prohably borrowed from the ancient hieroglyphies, which much...

...the prophecy of Balaam, " I see " him and not now, I behold him and not nigh ; a Star shall " arise out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and " Edom shall be an inheritance, and Seir shall be an inheritance, "of his enemies, and Israel making...

...him. Three prophecies deserve particular notice. The first is that of Balaam, Numb. xxiv. 17 — 19. / shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but...out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession...

...see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come ba Star out of Jacob, and ca o- t ,A phehad, the son of Hepher, the son *>•»• »V- » of Gilead, and destroy all the children of Sheth. 18 A n. I1 Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a...

...Most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : th for ever. 22 H and destroy all the children of Sheth. 18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession...

...the serpent's head." And Balaam, the prophet of an idolatrous people, in a later age, had said, "/ shall see. him, but not now: I shall behold him, but...out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth." But it is not merely the promulgation of open prophecy which...