 | 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 - 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... | |
 | Henry Martyn - 1824 - 746 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... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...He is made our King and Head, to encounter and conquer our Enemies, to rule for us, and in us. THERE shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel.-Nnmb. xxiv. 17. Gen. xlix. 10. Yet have I set my King (or mine anointed) upon my holy hill... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...He is made our King and Head, to encounter and conquer our Enemies, to rule for us, and la us. THERE shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of IsraeL-Nnmb. xxiv. 1 7. Gen. xlix. 10. Yet have I set iny King (or mine anointed) upon my holy hill... | |
 | John Davison - 1825 - 578 pages
...howeyer was still remote. " 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...corners of "Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth*." Every caiidid interpreter of prophecy will confess that this prediction could not be understood... | |
 | Jacobus Arminius, James Nichols - 1825 - 828 pages
...pronounced by the inspiration and at the command of the God of Israel, in these words : Balaam said, " There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall...the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth." (Num. xxiv, 17.) This blessed seed was afterwards promised to David, by Nathan, in these words... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 630 pages
...JEWS, xix. 12 — 15. 19. 11 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 comers of Moab, and AM 4UOJ. MATT. II. 2—4. AM 4001. destroy all the children ofSheth, Numb. \\ir.... | |
 | Thomas Amory - 1825 - 1092 pages
...meaning to the place. Again in Numbers, ch. xxiv. v. 17- we have the famous prophecy of Balaam : " There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel," and in Isaiah, ch. xi. v. 1. it is written. " And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse,... | |
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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. 
