Numbers 24:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

Saw

2 Corinthians 12:1

Falling

General references

Numbers 24:15

Bible References

Saw

He said:

“Listen to what I say:
If there is a prophet among you from the Lord,
I make Myself known to him in a vision;
I speak with him in a dream.

As the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell on Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him.

You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones
and said: “I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

The vision of the evenings and the mornings
that has been told is true.
Now you must seal up the vision
because it refers to many days in the future.”

Then he became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing something, he went into a visionary state.

“After I came back to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple complex, I went into a visionary state

Boasting is necessary. It is not profitable, but I will move on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Falling

Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the path with a drawn sword in His hand. Balaam knelt and bowed with his face to the ground.

Saul then removed his clothes and also prophesied before Samuel; he collapsed and lay naked all that day and all that night. That is why they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

The appearance of the brilliant light all around was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the form of the Lord’s glory. When I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.

So he approached where I was standing; when he came near, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision refers to the time of the end.”

While he was saying these words to me, I turned my face toward the ground and was speechless.

I was in the Spirit

on the Lord’s day, and I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet

General references

Then he proclaimed his poem:

The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened;