לְפָנִ֣ים ׀ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר הָאִישׁ֙ בְּלֶכְתּוֹ֙ לִדְר֣וֹשׁ אֱלֹהִ֔ים לְכ֥וּ וְנֵלְכָ֖ה עַד־הָרֹאֶ֑ה כִּ֤י לַנָּבִיא֙ הַיּ֔וֹם יִקָּרֵ֥א לְפָנִ֖ים הָרֹאֶֽה׃
Vordem sprach man also in Israel, wenn man ging Gott zu befragen: Kommt, wir wollen zu dem Seher gehen; denn was heutzutage den Propheten, nannte man vordem den Seher. —
On the Migration of Abraham
[38] Such is that which is shewn, and he that sees it is the wise man, for fools are blind or dim-sighted. That is why in former times they called the prophets seers(1 Sam. 9:9); and the Trainer of self was eager to exchange ears for eyes, and to see what before he heard, and, going beyond the inheritance which has hearing as its source, he obtains that of which sight is the ruling principle.
Who is the Heir of Divine Things
[78] And so it is only the man of worth who sees, and therefore they of old called prophets “seers” (1 Sam. 9:9). He who advances “outside” is called not only the seer, but the seer of God, that is Israel.
On the Unchangeableness of God
[139] For the men of old days called the prophets sometimes “men of God” and sometimes “seers” (1 Sam. 9:9). And the names they gave were names of literal truth and well suited, the former to their inspiration, the latter to the wide vision of reality which they possessed.