I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a (i) Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the (k) corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of (l) Sheth.
(i) Meaning Christ.
(k) That is, the princes.
(l) He shall subdue all that resist: for of Sheth came Noah, and of Noah all the world.
Verse Numbers 24:17. _I SHALL SEE HIM, BUT NOT NOW_] Or, _I shall see him_, _but he is not now_. _I shall behold him, but not nigh - I shall have_ _a full view of him, but the time is yet distant_. T...
Render, I see him, though he be not now: I behold him, though he be not near. Balaam here describes what is actually before him in inward vision. HIM - i. e., the prince, represented in the succeeding...
THE PARABLES OF BALAAM Chapter S 23-24 _ 1. The first parable (Numbers 23:1)_ 2. Balak's surprise and Balaam's answer (Numbers 23:11) 3. At Zophim (Numbers 23:13) 4. The second parable
BALAAM'S FOURTH ORACLE. In this it is predicted that Israel, previously declared to be formidable to its foes in general, will bring destruction upon Moab and Edom in particular. NUMBERS 24:17. NOT N...
BUT NOT. Hebrew Who is not. STAR. Hebrew. _kokab =_ Messiah. See Luke 1:78; 2 Peter 1:19; Revelation 2:28; Revelation 22:16
In accordance with Numbers 24:14 Balaam treats of the future of Israel. -I see him (Israel), but not (as he is) now; I behold him, but not (encamped as he is) nigh." _There shall come forth_ lit. -th...
_Balaam's second prophetic message_. This consists of seven couplets and a triplet....
DISCOURSE: 176 CHRIST THE STAR SPOKEN OF BY BALAAM Numbers 24:15. And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: He hath said, who h...
I SHALL SEE HIM, BUT NOT NOW; I SHALL BEHOLD HIM, BUT NOT NIGH:— For the exposition of the following verses, we are indebted to the excellent dissertations of the learned bishop of Bristol. _"I shall...
H. FINAL BLESSING, AND PROPHECY vv. 10-25 TEXT Numbers 24:10. And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine ene...
_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...
24:17 destroy (b-41) Lit. 'undermine.' tumult. (c-46) See Jeremiah 48:45 ....
I SHALL SEE HIM, ETC.] This should be rendered 'I see him' (i.e. the Israel of the future, and specially the Star who is to rise among them) '.. I behold him.. A Star is risen out of Jacob..' To the e...
BALAAM (CONTINUED) 1-9. Balaam's Third Utterance....
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 24 BALAAM’S THIRD *PROPHECY – NUMBERS 24:1-14 V1 Balaam realised that the *LORD wanted to *bless the *Israe
I SHALL SEE HIM... — Better, _I see him_ (or, _it_)_, but not now; I behold him_ (or, _it_)_, but not nigh._ The reference cannot be to Israel, whose armies were encamped before the eyes of Balaam. Hi...
אֶרְאֶ֨נּוּ֙ וְ לֹ֣א עַתָּ֔ה אֲשׁוּרֶ֖נּוּ וְ...
BALAAM'S PARABLES Numbers 22:39, Numbers 24:1 THE scene is now on some mountain of Moab from which the encampment of the Hebrew tribes in the plain of the Jordan is fully visible. At Kiriath-huzoth,...
THE MATTER OF BAAL-PEOR Numbers 24:10; Numbers 25:1 THE last oracle of Balaam, as we have it, ventures into far more explicit predictions than the others, and passes beyond the range of Hebrew histor...
THE “STAR OUT OF JACOB” Numbers 24:15 When your heart is dismayed because of the hatred and opposition of Satan; the great accuser, turn to this chapter. If he stands up to resist, the Son of God sta...
From the closing sentences in chapter twenty-three we learn that Balaam was taken to yet another place of vision, from whence he looked on the desert. The Spirit of God came upon him and again he utte...
Him. The great personage whom I have in view, whose coming is deferred yet for many ages. (Haydock) --- The whole prediction refers to the Messias, whom Balaam beheld by the eyes of his posterity, the...
How awful will be the sight of JESUS to the sinner! He will see him but not nigh; not as Job, for himself: but as the unhappy wretch mentioned in the gospel, who in hell lifted up his eyes in torments...
The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
_PIOUS TALK AND UNHOLY CONDUCT_ ‘I shall see Him, but not now: I shall behold Him, but not nigh.’ Numbers 24:17 These words were spoken by the prophet Balaam, and they were inspired words put into...
17._I shall see him, but not now. _(175) Though the verbs are in the future tense, they are used for the present; and again, the pronoun _him _designates some one who has not yet been mentioned; and t...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Moab also opposes in vain. Now they are in the plains of Moab, having only Jordan between them and the land of their rest. But had they a...
I SHALL SEE HIM, BUT NOT NOW,.... Meaning not Israel, for he now saw him encamped, and at no great distance; but one that should descend from him, a famous and excellent person, and who is no other th...
_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...
Num. 24:17. "And shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth." It would be unreasonable on many accounts to suppose that this _Sheth _ is the same with _Seth _ the son of Ad...
_I shall see him_, &c. “Rather,” says Bishop Newton, from whose exposition of the prophecies of Balaam many of the following explanatory observations are extracted, _“I see him, but not now; I behold...
1 Balaam leauing diuinations, prophesieth the happinesse of Israel. 10 Balak in anger dismisseth him. 15 He prophesieth of the starre of Iacob, and the destruction of some nations. [BALAAM BLESSETH...
Of The Star of Jacob....
I shall see Him, but not now; I shall behold Him, but not nigh. What Balaam saw here in a vision would not happen in the near future, as men count time, but at a far distant period. THERE SHALL COME A...
BALAAM'S THIRD PROPHECY (vs.1-13) THE BEAUTY OF LIFE At least Balaam had learned by now that the Lord had the unchangeable purpose of blessing Israel, so this time he knew it was useless to seek e...
SMITE THE CORNERS OF MOAB: Or, smite through the princes of Moab...
15-25 Under the powerful influence of the Spirit of prophecy, Balaam foretold the future prosperity and extensive dominion of Israel. Balaam boasts that his eyes are open. The prophets were in old ti...
I SHALL SEE, or, _I have seen_, or _do see_, for the future is oft put for other times or tenses: he speaks of a prophetical sight, like that of Abraham s, who _saw_ Christ's day, 1 THESSALONIANS 8:56...
Numbers 24:17 see H7200 (H8799) behold H7789 (H8799) near H7138 Star H3556 come H1869 (H8804) Jacob...
BALAAM PROPHESIES CONCERNING ISRAEL (NUMBERS 24:15) Numbers 24:15 ‘And he took up his oracle (parable), and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, A And the man whose eye was closed says, B He says...
SCEPTRE See "Kingdom" (_ See Scofield) - (Genesis 1:26). _ (_ See Scofield) - (Zechariah 12:8). _...
CONTENTS: Balaam foretells prosperity for Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Balaam, Balak. CONCLUSION: Those who oppose God and His people will sooner or later be made to see themselves wretchedly deceived....
Numbers 24:7. _He shall pour the water._ This is a fine prediction of the increase of Jacob's seed, and of the temporal blessings which should fall to their lot. Agag, a perpetual name assumed by the...
_I shall see Him, but not now: I shall behold Him, but not nigh._ BALAAM’S VISION As I read these words I seem to look on the scene described. What do I see? I see the top of a wild mountain range, a...
_Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam._ BALAAM AND BALAK I. The cause of Balak’s anger. That Balaam had not fulfilled the terms of his contract (Numbers 24:10). 1. Consider the reason and natur...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 24:15 An ORACLE was a prophet’s verbal statement about what God had shown him in a vision. Balaam’s final oracle begins like the previous one (compare vv....
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 24:17 STAR... SCEPTER. Symbols of kingship (see Genesis 49:10). SONS OF SHETH. Probably nomads living in Canaan
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 24:1. _To seek for enchantments_. See Notes on Numbers 23:3; Numbers 23:23. _He set his face toward the wilderness, i.e._, towards the plains of Moab, where the...
NUMBERS 24:1 AS AT OTHER TIMES, or, "as (he had done) time after time." SEPTUAGINT, κατὰ τὸ εἰωθός. TO SEEK FOR ENCHANTMENTS. Rather, "for the meeting with aunties." לִקְמראת נְחַשִׁים. Septuagint...
So when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he didn't even go up, as the other times before the LORD, [to seek the face or] to seek for enchantments, but he just set his face towards...
1 Chronicles 18:2; 1 Samuel 14:38; 2 Kings 3:26; 2 Kings 3:27; 2
I shall see him — Or, I have seen, or do see the star, and sceptre as it here follows, that is, a great and eminent prince, which was to come out of Israel's loins, the Messiah, as both Jewish and Chr...