Numbers 24:6
As valleys they are spread forth, as gardens by the river-side, as aloes which LORD has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy tabernacles, O Israel!
Cross References
Genesis 2:8And LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Psalms 1:3And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. And whatever he does shall prosper.
Psalms 92:12A righteous man shall flourish like the palm tree. He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 4:12A garden shut up is my sister, [my] bride, a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Isaiah 41:19I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil tree. I will set in the desert the fir tree, the pine, and the box tree together,
Jeremiah 17:18Let them be put to shame who persecute me, but let me not be put to shame. Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed. Bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
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 →