Numbers 24:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I shall see him — Or, I have seen, or do see the star, and sceptre as it here follows, that is, a great and eminent prince, which was to come out of Israel's loins, the Messiah, as both Jewish and Christian interpreters expound it, who most eminently and fully performed what is here said, in destroying the enemies of Israel or of God's church, here described under the names of the nearest and fiercest enemies of Israel: And to him alone agrees the foregoing verb properly, I shall see him, in my own person, as every eye shall see him, when he comes to judgment. Not now — Not yet, but after many ages. A star — A title often given to, princes and eminent persons, and particularly to the Messiah, Revelation 2:28, Revelation 22:16. A sceptre — That is, a sceptre — bearer, a king or ruler, even that sceptre mentioned Genesis 49:10. The corners — The borders, which are often used in scripture for the whole country to which they belong. Of Sheth — This seems to be the name of some then eminent, though now unknown place or prince in Moab; there being innumerable instances of such places or persons sometime famous, but now utterly lost as to all monuments and remembrances of them.