...two major themes: the Messiah and the Millennium. But Balaam made reference first to the time factor: "I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh" (24:17a). That was the prophet's way of saying that the coming of this mighty One was in the distant...

...the Three Kings to the Christ Child, beginning with the prophecy of Balaam in Numbers 24, 17: 'there shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel'. This was translated into English, and the fact that many manuscripts of the fifteenth...

...passage.) 12 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! Numbers 24:5. 13 There shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel. Numbers 24:17. 1 Thou shalt be blessed above all people. Deuteronomy 7:14. 2 Thou shalt...

...a truly messianic text, or at any rate that is how it is understood in the Orthodox interpretation: "I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him,...come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Istael" (24:17). And as if confirming the truth of this prophecy, he precedes it with the following...

...found in Genesis xlix, 10, in the famous Sliiioh prophecy, and appears again in the words of Balaam, "I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him,...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." (Numbers...

...seed, and they shall ioherit it for ever. Numbers 24: 1 7 I shall see him, but not now: I shall bebold 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. Deuteronomy...

...centers on the word exaltation (Num. 24:1624). It sprang from his lips spontaneously and unbidden: "There shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel. . . . Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion" (w. 17, 19). This is an extraordinary...

...principle of interpretation. connects it with Israel and with the day of the Lord's judgment, "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." 29. He...

...with you."24 Again, in the book of Numbers the Lord repeats this prophecy of the possession of Edom. "He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew...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 Edom...

...him that 'he knew the knowledge of the most High', saw 'the vision of the Almighty', and proclaimed, 'I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him,...come a Star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel...' (Numbers 24:16-17) This passage seems clearly to be anticipating respectively two...