 | Member of the Church of England - 1833 - 156 pages
...of the Jews ? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. NUMB. Ch. xxiv. V. 17. — 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. And Herod was troubled,... | |
 | 1833 - 578 pages
...but having his eyes open : 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. And Edom shall be a possession,... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...cursed is he that curseth thee. 9 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 Seth. 10 And Edom shall be a possession,... | |
 | 1833 - 248 pages
...for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. NUMB. Ch. xxiv. V. 17.—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. And Herod was troubled,... | |
 | John Watkins - 1833 - 526 pages
...highly distinguished people: "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 Seth." If this be true of David-... | |
 | William Sandys - 1833 - 370 pages
...London, 1623, 8vo. p. 193. t " I shall see him, butnot 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." — Numbers, xxiv. 17,... | |
 | Ian Balfour - 2002 - 372 pages
...preliminary remark. The text in question is the famous prediction of Balaam from Numbers 24.17: "There shall come a STAR out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel." Warburton observes that the prophecy may relate to David, since the metaphor of a scepter commonly... | |
 | James Shane - 2002 - 710 pages
...earth be blessed. Gen. 28:10-14 171 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 ofMoab, and destroy all the children ofSheth. Num. 24:17 3 And mid unto... | |
 | Hugh Mountney - 2003 - 82 pages
...visit of the Three Kings to the Christ Child, beginning with the prophecy of Balaam in Numbers 24, 17: 'there shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel'. This was translated into English, and the fact that many manuscripts of the fifteenth century are still... | |
 | Henry E. Meredith - 2003 - 674 pages
...chapter twenty-four, we read, "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. And Edom shall be a possession,... | |
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I shall see him, but not n'ow; 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. 
