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,
“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, shall make Myself known to him in a vision.
I shall speak with him in a dream.

Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him.

Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ones,

And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

“The vision of the evenings and mornings
Which has been told is true;
But keep the vision secret,
For it pertains to many days in the future.”

But he became hungry and was desiring to eat; but while they were making preparations, he fell into a trance;

“It happened when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I fell into a trance,

Boasting is necessary, though it is not profitable; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Falling

Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed all the way to the ground.

He also stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay down

naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell on my face and heard a voice speaking.

So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was frightened and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”

When he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground and became speechless.

I was

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

General references

He took up his discourse and said,
“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,