Treasury of Scripture
the seer The word roaih literally signifies one who sees; particularly preternatural sights. a seer and a prophet were the same in most cases; only with this difference, the seer was always a prophet, but the prophet was not always a seer. A seer seems to imply one who frequently met with and saw some symbolical representation of God. All prophets, true or false, profess to see God (see
Numbers 24:4,16 He has said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open...
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Numbers 14:4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
) and diviners, in their enthusiastic flights, boasted that they had those things exhibited to their sight which should come to pass.
and will tell
John 4:29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
1 Corinthians 14:25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God...