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... BALAAM . Balaam was a renowned magician , living on the Euphrates , in the province of Aram , or Mesopotamia . This was the native land of Terah and of Abraham , where , among the de- scendants of Shem , some knowledge of the true God ...
... BALAAM . Balaam was a renowned magician , living on the Euphrates , in the province of Aram , or Mesopotamia . This was the native land of Terah and of Abraham , where , among the de- scendants of Shem , some knowledge of the true God ...
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... Balaam to come to him , and curse the Israelites . He attributed such power to Balaam's curse , that he expected by that means to drive the host of Israel from his dominions . God appeared to Balaam in the night , and told him he might ...
... Balaam to come to him , and curse the Israelites . He attributed such power to Balaam's curse , that he expected by that means to drive the host of Israel from his dominions . God appeared to Balaam in the night , and told him he might ...
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... BALAAM'S PROPHECIES . Balaam , under the influence of the Spirit of God , uttered several remarkable prophecies . He was a bad man ; his heart was not in his words ; but God overruled his wicked desires , and caused him to speak as the ...
... BALAAM'S PROPHECIES . Balaam , under the influence of the Spirit of God , uttered several remarkable prophecies . He was a bad man ; his heart was not in his words ; but God overruled his wicked desires , and caused him to speak as the ...
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... Balaam's predictions extend over the whole world as known to the ancients , and comprise at least fifteen centuries . History shows that they have all been fulfilled . What ... BALAAM . The character of Balaam was full THE BIBLE PRIMER . 165.
... Balaam's predictions extend over the whole world as known to the ancients , and comprise at least fifteen centuries . History shows that they have all been fulfilled . What ... BALAAM . The character of Balaam was full THE BIBLE PRIMER . 165.
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Frances Manwaring Caulkins. CHARACTER OF BALAAM . The character of Balaam was full of incon- sistencies . He knew what was right , but de- liberately chose the way of evil . He was favored with divine communications , yet had recourse to ...
Frances Manwaring Caulkins. CHARACTER OF BALAAM . The character of Balaam was full of incon- sistencies . He knew what was right , but de- liberately chose the way of evil . He was favored with divine communications , yet had recourse to ...
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Page 104 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Page 64 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him : and they wept.
Page 58 - Mizpah ; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
Page 39 - By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed ; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Page 25 - And Cain talked with Abel his brother : and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel, thy brother ? And he said, I know not : am I my brother's keeper ? And he said, What hast thou done ? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Page 115 - See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days ; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Page 96 - The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come ; And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 176 - The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth ; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand.
Page 54 - And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him* : and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand ; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Page 39 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.