 I shall see him, but not n'ow; 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, And destroy all the children of Sheth.  Book of Bible stories - Page 81by Meredith Jones - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Richard Carlile - Free thought - 1820 - 660 pages
...but having his eyes open: 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, and destroy all the children of ' Shcth. And Edom shall be a... | |
 | Thomas Maurice - Brahmanism - 1820 - 678 pages
...diviner, saith ; I shall see him (the Messiah,) but not now ; £ shall behold him, but not nigh ; there shall come a STAR out of Jacob, and a SCEPTRE shall rise out of Israel. The light of this STAR, now faintly glimmering, and now transcendently luminous, beamed through all... | |
 | Edward Cooper - Church of England - 1820 - 376 pages
...in these prophetic words : " 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 so clearly did he discern the happiness of Christ's people, that he passionately uttered this... | |
 | Ralph Barnes - 1821 - 228 pages
...Israel should destroy the Nations of that Country, and that his Kingdom should 47 be exalted ; — 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 Sheth. And Balaam gave counsel... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Bible - 1822 - 356 pages
...blessed Saviour ; and these were Balaam and Job. , 25 Q. What did Balaam say concerning Christ? A. There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a •sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners ofMoab, and destroy all the children ofSet/i ; Seir and Edam shall be a... | |
 | John Fry - 1822 - 618 pages
...prophecy, he proceeds : 17. I can see him, but it is not yet; I can behold him, but it is not near ; 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. The Targum of Onkelos is,... | |
 | Gilbert Gerard - Bible - 1823 - 462 pages
...knowledge of these symbols will serve for determining their meaning. Warburton, ib. Num. xxiv. 17. "There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel." Hierogl. "a god — a king." 103. The invention of alphabetical writing has always been, with reason,... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - 1823 - 458 pages
...of that Prince, of 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 -J-." And it is a very remarkable circumstance, that one of the ancient commentators on the Timaeus... | |
 | Samuel Clarke - God - 1823 - 478 pages
...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 he that shall ' have dominion ; — are words so put in his... | |
 | Henry Martyn - Christianity and other religions - 1824 - 746 pages
...Ishmael ; " In Isaac shall thy seed be called." And, again, in the book of Numbers, ch. xxiv. 17. " There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel." We are also told, in other places, that the person thus promised should be of the house and lineage... | |
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