Numbers 24:5

How fair are your tents, O Jacob, your houses, O Israel!

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4He says, whose ears are open to the words of God, who has seen the vision of the Ruler of all, falling down, but having his eyes open:

6They are stretched out like valleys, like gardens by the riverside, like flowering trees planted by the Lord, like cedar-trees by the waters.

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:42For seven days you will be living in tents; all those who are Israelites by birth are to make tents their living-places:

Numbers 24:2And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel there, with their tents in the order of their tribes: and the spirit of God came on him.

Joshua 24:10But I did not give ear to Balaam; and so he went on blessing you; and I kept you safe from him.

Psalms 84:2\84:1\How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies!

Song of Solomon 6:4You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, as fair as Jerusalem; you are to be feared like an army with flags.

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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