 | 1804 - 824 pages
...religion ;— " How goodly are th\ tents,О Jacob, and thy tabernacles, 0 Israel ! 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 Seth."— "Let me die," said he, " the death of... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1804 - 388 pages
...whom (as they might easily have heard) it had been so very long foretold, " There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel*." And it is a very remarkable circumstance, that one of the ancient commentators on the Timaeus of Plato-f-,... | |
 | Job Orton - Bible - 1805 - 430 pages
...will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. 17 his eyes open : I shall see him, but not now : I shall behold him, but not nigh, that is, the Messiah, whom he probably saw in a vision, and therefore broke out in this abrufit manner,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 516 pages
...given at this time that I would take notice of. The first is that of Balaam, Numb. xxiv. 17, 18, 19. « I shall see him but not now ; I shall behold him,...Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. And VOL. II. L Edom shall be a possession,... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...strength, and victory, so as no enemy shall dare to provoke him. XXIV. 17 / shall sec him, but not now : 1 shall behold him, but not nigh : there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall tine out of Israel, and shall smite the corners 'of Muab, and destroy all... | |
 | Emanuel Swedenborg - 1816 - 520 pages
...the prophecy of Balaam, " I see " him and not now, I behold him and not nigh ; a Star shall " arise out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and " Edom shall be an inheritance, and Seir shall be an inheritance, " of his enemies, and Israel making... | |
 | John Watkins - 1809 - 454 pages
...without intending it, there is a plain reference to the promised Redeemer; "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 Seth." (Num. xxiv, 17). " shall behold him but... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 444 pages
...Israel, the death of the righteous, and the destruction of Amalek, and perhaps his own banishment: "I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh." He would see him at the day of judgment, though not now; and he would in hell behold him, but not nigh;... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 434 pages
...righteous; and the suspicion of having none was intolerable. " Who shall live when God does this? 1 shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh." Multitudes will see an interest in Christ to be of infinite importance, and their rejection to be intolerable,... | |
 | Paul Heinrich D. freiherr von Holbach - 1813 - 358 pages
...the Most High, wi;o ht'w the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having hiseyes open : I shall see him but not now; I shall behold him but not nigh ; there shall come a star out of Jacob, f nml a sceptre shall rise out of Israel," &c. In this unintelligible jargon, they pretend to... | |
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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 all the corners of Moab. 
