 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 pages
...through with his arrows. 9 Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that cufseth thee. 17 I shall see him, b'ut not now ; I shall behold him,...come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise oat of Israel, and shall smite the cor. "ers of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. 19 Out... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1814 - 522 pages
...following are the most remarkable of the remaining ones which Mr. English has collected. "There shall arise a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy the children of Seth."* " Of the increase of his government... | |
 | John Poole - 1815 - 170 pages
...before, or a little after it. Q. How long before the Birth of our Lord was this prophecy delivered—" I shall see him, but not now : I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, &c. ?" — A. Between 14 and is centuries. Q. How do you prove it? — A. It was delivered by... | |
 | Alexander Murray (Schoolmaster) - 1815 - 564 pages
...Mesaoh't kingly power and government, expressed in an ancient prophecy by Balaam. Num. xxiv. 17. " I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh : there shall proceed a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of... | |
 | Matthew Mead - 1815 - 244 pages
...notwithstanding. Balaam makes a clear and rare prophesy of Christ, and yet he hath no benefit by Christ ; " There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel ;" but yet Balaam shall have no benefit by it ; "I shall see him, but not now ; 1 shall behold him... | |
 | 1815 - 294 pages
...lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come ; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh ; then shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 pages
...and I shall be a fugitive and vagabond in the earth" (Gen. iv. 13;) — and on Balaam's speech ; " I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh" (Numb, xxiv. 17;) — and how the Ephesians wept over Paul, because they apprehended " they should... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1816 - 460 pages
...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,...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,... | |
 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...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...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 prophecy... | |
 | John Hoyland - 1816 - 486 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
