Numbers 24:5

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4The hearer of the words of God hath said, he that hath beheld the vision of the Almighty, he that falleth, and so his eyes are opened:

6As woody valleys, as watered gardens near the rivers, as tabernacles which the Lord hath pitched, as cedars by the waterside.

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:42And you shall dwell in bowers seven days: every one that is of the race of Israel, shall dwell in tabernacles:

Numbers 24:2And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel abiding in their tents by their tribes: and the spirit of God rushing upon him,

Joshua 24:10And I would not hear him, but on the contrary I blessed you by him, and I delivered you out of his hand.

Psalms 84:2How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of host!

Song of Solomon 6:4Turn away thy eyes from me, for they have made me flee away. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from Galaad.

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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