Numbers 24:6
They 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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5How well set out your tents are, Jacob; the places where you live, Israel!
Cross References
Genesis 2:8The Lord planted a garden in Eden, in the east. There he put the man Adam he had created.
Psalms 1:3They're like trees growing by flowing rivers, producing fruit every season. Their leaves never wither, and they are successful in all they do.
Psalms 92:12Those who live right flourish like a palm tree; they grow tall like a cedar tree in Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 4:12My sister, my bride, is a locked garden, a spring of water that is closed, a fountain that is sealed.
Isaiah 41:19I will plant cedars, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees in the desert. I will place evergreens in the desert, firs and box trees together.
Jeremiah 17:18Bring shame on my persecutors, but not on me. Terrify them, but not me, Let them experience the time of trouble, and smash them to pieces.
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 →