...the serpent's head." And Balaam, the prophet of an idolatrous people, in a later age, had said, "/ 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,...

...indeed prefaced what he delivered, with declaring them to he the words which he heard from GOD, when he saw the vision of the ALMIGHTY, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open^. Certainly no such vision was ever seen by Balaam whilst Balak was with him ; so that this revelation...

...said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said : 4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which oshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there : 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel ! 6 As the valleys are they spread...

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

...of an infernal in human form, he could say, «' Alas ! who shall live when God doeth this?" and, " 1 shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh !" &c. But we need not wonder at all these, when we see that in the little society of apostles, whom...

...his feet, until Shiloh come ; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Num. xxiv. 17. 19. I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh : there shall come a ,S'ter out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the comers of Moab,...

...shall smite the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children of Seth. The Targum of Onkelos is, " I shall see him, but not now : I shall behold him, but he is not near. When a king shall arise from the house of Jacob, and the Messiah be anointed from the...

...superior dignity to that of a sceptre and a lawgiver. The words of Balaam : — (Num. xxiv. 17, 19.) I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh : There shall PROP, come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out X1V1_ of Israel ; out of Jacob shall come...

...and to his people." The prophecy of Balaam, recorded by Moses, must not be forgotten, Numbers xxiv. 17, " 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 arise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab...

...the nations." — " Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel?" " 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 arise out of Israel." — " And when he looked on Amalok,...