Numbers 24:5

How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy tabernacles, O Israel!

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

In Context

4he says who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open,

6As valleys they are spread forth, as gardens by the river-side, as aloes which LORD has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters.

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:42Ye shall dwell in booths seven days. All who are home-born in Israel shall dwell in booths,

Numbers 24:2And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, and the Spirit of God came upon him.

Joshua 24:10but I would not hearken to Balaam. Therefore he blessed you greatly. So I delivered you out of his hand.

Psalms 84:2My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out to the living God.

Song of Solomon 6:4Thou are fair, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, sublime as an army with banners.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 24:2-10

Balaam Blesses Israel a Third Time. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him. 3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 4 He hath said, which heard the words of God,… Read the whole commentary →

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