Bible Encyclopedia: Heathen: Balaam

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Balaam
... But it was NOT invented late; for no Jew in these later times would have thought
of making Balaam a heathen, to be a prophet of God, or a believer in the true ...
/.../kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon xiv balaam.htm

Balaam's Prophecy. (Numb. xxiv. 17-19. )
... Judah as [Pg 102] ruler and lord over the whole heathen world is to centre in one
elevated individual"the Shiloh. As to the letter, Balaam's prophecy falls ...
/.../christology of the old testament/balaams prophecy numb xxiv 17-19.htm

Balak's Inquiries Relative to the Service of God, and Balaam's ...
... It was an ancient custom among the heathen at their entrance on a war, to ... the affrighted
sovereign of that people, sent to some distance for Balaam, a famous ...
/.../sermon xviii balaks inquiries relative.htm

The Prophecy of Obadiah.
... the God-hating heathen world, the true and real fulfilment can be sought in Christ
alone. Compare the remarks, p.98, with reference to Moab in Balaam's prophecy ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/the prophecy of obadiah.htm

2 Samuel xxiii. 1-7.
... it can here be ascribed to David, as it was in the fundamental passage to Balaam,
only in ... Compare Psalm 18:44: "Thou makest me the head of the heathen;" and in ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/2 samuel xxiii 1-7.htm

a survey of the third and closing discourse of the prophet
... served as a proof of its truth, are considered as part of Balaam's answer.) He ... is
the entirely altered position of Israel in their relation to the heathen world ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/chap vi vii.htm

Thyatira
... by Balaam (see Revelation 2:14) became elevated into a national religious system
under Ahab and Jezebel, as it had long been recognised among the heathen ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bullinger/commentary on revelation/thyatira.htm

"We have Seen his Star"
... The prophecy of Balaam had declared, "There shall come a Star out of Jacob ... their
own piety, while they denounce the Greeks and Romans as heathen, and sinners ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 6 we have seen.htm

Elucidations.
... [1618] (2) Balaam himself, as mechanically as the beast he rode, [1619] had his
own ... Paul (Acts 17:28) quotes a heathen oracle very much as does our author. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/lactantius/the divine institutes/elucidations.htm

Notes
... In character Balaam is a sincere worshipper of Jehovah outside the ranks of Jehovah's
people, who however from interested motives conforms to the heathen world ...
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