 | Samuel Farmar Jarvis - Delaware language - 1820 - 124 pages
...recourse to the arts of divination. Of this there is farther evidence. " Surely," he exclaims, 59 ill Cue of his sublime prophecies, '* there is no enchantment...his heart, to these unhallowed incantations ; but finding that it was in vain to contend with the determination of the Almighty, he resigned himself... | |
 | Richard Carlile - Free thought - 1820 - 660 pages
...seven rams- And Balak did as Balaam bad said, and offered a bullock and a rani on every altar." " And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he weut not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his fan- toward the wilderness. And... | |
 | John Trumbull - American poetry - 1820 - 250 pages
...Pours forth the rapture of the living lay. * Numbers, xxiv, I. And when Balaam saw that it pleased God to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek enchantments. III. Fair, oh Israel, are thy tents,* Blest the banners of thy fame ; Blest the dwellings... | |
 | 1821 - 970 pages
...prevailing among nations so remote and unconnected. It ascribed to the prophet by the nations among whom he dwelt, but a recognition, by God himself, of the authority...his heart, to these unhallowed incantations ; but finding that it was in vain to contend with the determination of the Almighty, he resigned himself... | |
 | James Buchanan - Indians of North America - 1824 - 404 pages
...Here i» not only a proof of the power ascribed to the prophet by the nations among whom be dwelt, bat a recognition, by God himself, of the authority of...of his heart, to these unhallowed incantations; but finding that it was in vain to contend with the determination of the Almighty, he resigned himself... | |
 | James Buchanan - Indian mythology - 1824 - 350 pages
...elders of Muab and of Midian, it is said, " departed itith the rewards oj divination in their band." The inference is inevitable, that Balaam, who undoubtedly...not obtain authority from God to curse Israel, he bad recourse, in the depravity of his heart, to these unhallowed incantations; but finding that it... | |
 | Lady - Bible - 1824 - 452 pages
...accepted ; for, it is added, after they had built altars, and offered burnt-offerings three times — " when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless...went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments ;" but proceeded to pronounce the sublime prophecy, which you will find in the twenty-third and twenty... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them : 1 am the Lord your God. — Levit. xix. 31. When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless...Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for (or to the meeting of) enchantments. — Numb. xxiv. 1. xxiii. 23. Josh, xxiii. 7. There shall not... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 552 pages
...Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel." And after the third attempt, it is said, " When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he * Numb, xxii, 6. went not as at other times to seek for enchantments, but he set his face towards the... | |
 | 1826 - 1036 pages
...ram on evenj altar. CHAP. XXIV. / A ND when Balaam saw that AN J\. it . it pleased ihe LORD tobies» + bul he set his face toward the wilderness. f 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding... | |
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And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 
