Numbers 24:5

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4He saith, who heareth the words of God, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, who falleth down, and who hath his eyes open:

6Like valleys are they spread forth, like gardens by the river side, Like aloe-trees which Jehovah hath planted, like cedars beside the waters.

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:42In booths shall ye dwell seven days; all born in Israel shall dwell in booths;

Numbers 24:2And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel dwelling [in tents] according to his tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

Joshua 24:10but I would not hearken unto Balaam, and he blessed you expressly, and I delivered you out of his hand.

Psalms 84:2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Song of Solomon 6:4Thou art fair, my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as troops 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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