...myself known to him in a vision. — Numb. xii. 6. 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.— Numb, xxiv. 4. 16. The Lord spake to Samnel, by voice, or word. — 1 Sam. iii. 4. 10. 11. 21. To Nathan,...

...myself known to him in a vision. — Numb. xii. 6. 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. — Numb, xxiv. 4. 16. The Lord spake to Samuel, by voice, or word. — 1 Sam. iii. 4. 10. 11. 21....

...the " man whose eyes are open, hath said : " 4. 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 : 6. How " goodly are thy tents, О Jacob, and thy " tabernacles, О Israel ! 6. As the val" leys are...

...none upon earth that I desire, beside thee," Psalm Ixxiii. 25. Balaam could say, how truly soever, " I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh ;" but Lord, I see thee even now ; I behold thee so nigh to me, that I live in thee, and would rather...

...between his feet, until SI ii lull come ; and unto him thall the gathering of the people be, xlix. 10. 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,...

...the Star properly is not : and perhaps that vision of the prophet's mind carried far into futurity, " I shall see him, but not " now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh," is expressive of something more than an ideal vision, the mirrour of prophecy ; perhaps it is nothing...

...hath had his ryi't „ _:J * ami, hut now saio. : 4 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 : 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel ! 6 As the valleys are they spread...

...precious Saviour? And if this has not taken place, how much preferable is your religion to Balaam's? " I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh." Few had more exalted conceptions of the Messiah than he, and yet all his religious knowledge amounted...

...mentioned the prophecy of Balaam, which would lead ' Israel and the world to expect a human deliverer." I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh." A longseries of ages intervenes, of fifteen hundred years." " A star shall come out of Jacob, and a...

...quoted. Nor could it admit of any doubt, who the Personage was to whom the prophet alluded, in declaring, I shall see Him, but not now, I shall behold him, but not near: A star shall proceed out of Jacob, A sceptre shall rise out of Israel. That it could be Him only,...