...enemies. " Balaam, the son of Beor, hath said, and the man whose eyes are opened hath said : he who heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the Most High, who saw the vision of the Almighty falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: I snail see him,...

...parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew...Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : 17 I shall see him, but not now : I shall behold him, but not nigh : there shall come a Star out...

...by one, Soon as their fragrant task is done, Are wafted high in death ! SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew...Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 1 shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Slar out of Jacob,...

...unfold. The general belief of the Jews has dwelt on these mysterious words, / shall see him, but not non, I shall behold him, but not nigh ; there shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre out of Israel, as foretelling that great king and conqueror, the Messiah, who was to discomfit the...

...hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said : He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth,...

...feelings of an infernal in human form, he could say, " Alas ! who shall live when God doeth this?" and, " I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigli !" &c. But we need not wonder at all these, when we see that in the little society of apostles,...

...bis parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor, hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said ; he hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew...Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : / shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh : there shall come a Star out of...

...writers. suppose the whole of this scene to be an allegory, or a vision. Balaam indeed says, that " he saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open ;" but we cannot be sure that this applies to the particular scene of which we are speaking. St Peter...

...against me 1" Thus, in the book of Numbers, Balaam introduces a prophecy similar to that in the text, " I shall see him, but not now : I shall behold him, but not nigh :" Behold what ? — he proceeds — " There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise...

...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...