 I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh : there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.  expository sermons on the pentateuch - Page 138de rev. w. thistlethwaite - 1837Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Isaac Watts - 1822 - 356 pages
...blessed Saviour ; and these were Balaam and Job. , 25 Q. What did Balaam say concerning Christ? A. There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a •sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners ofMoab, and destroy all the children ofSet/i ; Seir and Edam shall be a... | |
 | John Fry - 1822 - 618 pages
...prophecy, he proceeds : 17. I can see him, but it is not yet; I can behold him, but it is not near ; There shall come a star out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children of Seth. The Targum of Onkelos is,... | |
 | Samuel Clarke - 1823 - 478 pages
...superior dignity to that of a sceptre and a lawgiver. The words of Balaam : — (Num. xxiv. 17, 19.) I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh : There shall PROP, come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out X1V1_ of Israel ; out of Jacob shall come... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - 1823 - 458 pages
...of that Prince, of whom (as they might easily have heard) it had been so very long foretold, " There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel -J-." And it is a very remarkable circumstance, that one of the ancient commentators on the Timaeus... | |
 | Gilbert Gerard - 1823 - 462 pages
...knowledge of these symbols will serve for determining their meaning. Warburton, ib. Num. xxiv. 17. "There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel." Hierogl. "a god — a king." 103. The invention of alphabetical writing has always been, with reason,... | |
 | Lady - 1824 - 452 pages
...the nations." — " Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel?" " I shall see him, but not now — I shall behold him,...shall come a Star* out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall arise out of Israel." — " And when he looked on Amalok, he took up his parable and said — Amalek... | |
 | S H. Jackson - 1824 - 488 pages
...his people." The prophecy of Balaam, recorded by Moses, must not be forgotten, Numbers xxiv. 17, " I shall see him, but not now, I shall behold him,...shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall arise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab and conquer all the children of Seth" From... | |
 | Henry Martyn - 1824 - 736 pages
...Ishmael ; " In Isaac shall thy seed be called." And, again, in the book of Numbers, ch. xxiv. 17. " There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel." We are also told, in other places, that the person thus promised should be of the house and lineage... | |
 | Voltaire - 1824 - 432 pages
...had no doubt of the prophecies of Balaam, of which these words are found in Numbers : — -f" There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel." But Balaam was no more a Jew than Zoroaster, since he said himself that he came from Aram — from... | |
 | Voltaire - 1824 - 440 pages
...had no doubt of the prophecies of Balaam, of which these words are found in Numbers : — f " There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel." But Balaam was no more a Jew than Zoroaster, since he ' said himself that he came from Aram — from... | |
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