Numbers 24:6
As woody valleys, as watered gardens near the rivers, as tabernacles which the Lord hath pitched, as cedars by the waterside.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
5How beautiful are thy tabernacles, O Jacob, and thy tents, O Israel!
Cross References
Genesis 2:8And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.
Psalms 1:3And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whosoever he shall do shall prosper.
Psalms 92:12My eye also hath looked down upon my enemies: and my ear shall hear of the downfall of the malignant that rise up against me.
Song of Solomon 4:12My sister, my spouse, is a garden enclosed, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed up.
Isaiah 41:19I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, and the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree: I will set in the desert the fir tree, the elm, and the box tree together:
Jeremiah 17:18Let them be confounded that persecute me, and let not me be confounded: let them be afraid, and let not me be afraid: bring upon them the day of affliction, and with a double destruction, destroy them.
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 →