| Francis Goode - 1835 - 428 pages
...(Lev. xx. 24, 26.) Accordingly, God, by the mouth of Balaam, selects this as characteristic of them. " Lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations." (Numb, xxiii. 9.) And, to this very hour, amidst all the vicissitudes of that extraordinary people,... | |
| Isaac Crewdson - 1835 - 170 pages
...prophecy, or declaration of Balaam, will apply in a particular manner, as much to us, as to Israel.—' The people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.' p. 215.- And as we each in our several allotments, turn inward to this teacher; we who make this high... | |
| 1835 - 670 pages
...NUMBERS XXIV. 145 For from the lop of ihe rocks 1 sec him, And from the lulls 1 behold him : Io I tile people shall dwell alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations. 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth part of Israel T • Let ! me die... | |
| Zondervan - 1984 - 940 pages
...hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? 9 For from the top of the rocks 1 were the fifth day. 24 1! And God said. Let the earth...living creature after his kind, cattle, and creepi 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death... | |
| Herbert Lockyer - 1963 - 388 pages
...first parable, the leading thought is that of separation unto God for the fulfilment of His purpose: "The people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations" (Numbers 23:9). This divine choice of Israel was the basis of all God's claims upon them and the reason... | |
| William E. Blackstone - 1908 - 268 pages
...How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the...alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. 31. Revelation 20:12-15. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God: and the books were... | |
| Deon Geldenhuys - 1990 - 788 pages
...becomes the fulfilment of the curse of Bileam, recorded in the Old Testament book of Numbers (xxiii:9): 'Lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.'28 Such deterministic views should, however, not blind us to specific developments after 1948... | |
| David Daniell - 1992 - 700 pages
...pope can ten how. shall I curse whom God curscth not and how shall I defy whom the Lord defieth not? from the top of the rocks I see him and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell by himself and shall not be reckoned among other nations. Who can tell the dust of Jacob and the number... | |
| Amos Oz - 1993 - 295 pages
...will be as a bolt of lightning." And general history? "God forbid. Let the goyim study goyishkeit. 'Lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.' We won't mingle or interfere. What do we have to do with their impurity? Murder and robbery and abomination... | |
| Frederick Brotherton Meyer, F. B. Meyer - 1996 - 196 pages
...exclusiveness. This national characteristic was acutely perceived and referred to by Balaam when he said: "Lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations" (Num. 23:9). The Jew made no intermarriages with neighboring peoples on the condition of death; he... | |
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