Numbers 24:5

How well set out your tents are, Jacob; the places where you live, Israel!

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

4“This is the prophecy of Balaam, son of Beor, the prophecy of a man who sees with eyes that are wide open, the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees the vision given by Almighty, who bows down in respect with open eyes.

6They look like wooded valleys, like gardens beside a river, like aloe trees the Lord has planted, like cedars at the water's edge.

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:42You are to live in temporary shelters for seven days. Every Israelite born in the country must live in shelters,

Numbers 24:2and as he looked at Israel camped there according to their respective tribes, the Spirit of God came on him.

Joshua 24:10But I wasn't willing to listen to Balaam, so instead he blessed you repeatedly, and saved you from Balak.

Psalms 84:2I long, I ache, to be in the courts of the Lord. My mind and my body sing for joy to the living God.

Song of Solomon 6:4You are beautiful, my darling, as pretty as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem—you look stunning!

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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