Balaam

Non-Israelite prophet. His prophecy in Numbers contains mysteries.

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship

• II. JEROME TO PAULINUS. — Numbers contains the mysteries of Balaam's prophecy

  "Do not Numbers contain the mysteries of all arithmetic, and of Balaam's prophecy"

Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses

• Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch — Says Israel will devastate Moab, Edom, and the sons of Seth; by Israel understands both David and Christ

  "So Balaam, saying that Israel will devastate Moab, Edom, and the sons of Seth (Numbers 24:17)"

• Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch — Sings of Christ the Savior: "He shall strike the leaders of Moab"

  "Balaam sings in Numbers 24:17 of Christ the Savior"