...desire on earth in comparison of thee ? " Psa. Ixxiii. 25. Balaam could say, (how truly soever,) " I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh," Numb. xxiv. 17 : but, Lord, I see thee even now ; I behold thee so nigh me, that I live in thee, and...

...have heard of Balaam's remarkable prediction, uttered in the presence of Balak king of Moab : " There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel."* Obedient to the heavenly vision, they pursued their pilgrimage westward, having ascertained that the...

...that the Scriptures might be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.—John xix. 33,36. 5. There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel.—Numb. xxiv. 17I am the root and offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.—Rev....

...prophet to curse them : but, instead thereof, he is constrained to declare of the Star and Shepherd, " I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh : " and therefore this smiting of Moab is a future punishment : and, turning to Isaiah xv. xvi. we...

...believer in the resurrection as was Job, but saw it not, like him, as the ground of consolation : " I shall see Him, but not now ; I shall behold Him, but not nigh." (Num. xxiv. 17.) I have already referred to the xlix th Psalm, as containing one of the fullest forthshewings...

...Israel, as we see in Numbers 24:15-24. Here he foretold the future. He foretold the coming of Christ, the "Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel. " And he told of the reign of Christ on earth and destruction of Moab. Now consider this divine revelation...

...the Moon- to the Sun-leadership of the Jewish people occurs the Christ-prophecy of Balaam. He says, '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 destroy all the children of Sheth . ....

...were moved and led by a combination of astronomical signs and prophetic record. Mattheiv 2:2 "There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel," Baalim had prophesied years before. Numbers 24:17 Daniel pinpointed the time. From the going forth...

...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...

...is enough. Numbers 24:17. In Balaam's prophecy about Israel the KJV phraseology is again familiar: "I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him,...nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children...