. The Bible and its . Sceptreshall rise out of Israel.—Num., 24-, 17. THREE times did the prophet Balaam endeavor tooblige King Balak by cursing Israel; but eachtime the words that flowed from him were ofpraise and blessing. At length the prophetic inspirationentirely mastered his wicked will. Sweeping aside thewishes of Balak and his people, Balaam chanted a greatprophecy as to the future of the Hebrews. In it occursthe well-known passage, Out of Jacob shall come hethat shall have dominion. The prophet saw a star risingin the sky, the star of Israel, and he foretold how theMoabites wo
. The Bible and its . Sceptreshall rise out of Israel.—Num., 24-, 17. THREE times did the prophet Balaam endeavor tooblige King Balak by cursing Israel; but eachtime the words that flowed from him were ofpraise and blessing. At length the prophetic inspirationentirely mastered his wicked will. Sweeping aside thewishes of Balak and his people, Balaam chanted a greatprophecy as to the future of the Hebrews. In it occursthe well-known passage, Out of Jacob shall come hethat shall have dominion. The prophet saw a star risingin the sky, the star of Israel, and he foretold how theMoabites would perish, and all the peoples of Palestineshould fall before the Hebrews; yet there should come apeople from the west in ships, and Israel too shouldperish. Exhausted and bewildered, Balaam finished his ex-traordinary prophecy, and sought the forgiveness of KingBalak. Relieved of the weight of Gods hand, he becamevenomous against Israel, suggesting to the Moab-ites many cunning ways for destropngthis people of God. 11-88. ni# oin*? m%l n {•^rrlrfS hnn -mWX {>^jti??oI) I .iiiq i>iiJ . qmoiq hill io !lil iMoab TLmti^ Ssrael 3nto ^in FROM THE SERIES, BY GERHARD HOET. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of theirgods: and the people did eat and bowed down to their gods.—Num., 25, 2. FOLLOWING the crafty advice of Balaam, KingBalak would not fight against the IsraeHtes. Hemade peace with them, granting all they the women of Moab made themselves speciallyfriendly to the men of Israel, invited them to their homes,and persuaded them to worship the false gods, the idolsof Moab. Many Israelites fell into the snare; idolatryspread among them. So bold at length did the idolatersbecome, that a prince of the house of Simeon paraded hisevil practices even before the eyes of Moses himself. Then came the punishment, God sent another plagueto strike down those who had deserted Him; and Phinehas,a son of the high priest Eleazar, seized a spear and befor
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