Numbers 24:5

How beautiful are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwelling, O Israel!

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4Thus saith he who heareth the sayings of God, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, falling down, with unvailed eyes:

6As streams are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as aloe-trees, which the Lord hath planted, as cedar-trees beside the waters.

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:42In booths shall ye dwell seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths.

Numbers 24:2And Bil'am lifted up his eyes, and when he saw Israel encamped according to their tribes, there came upon him the spirit of God.

Joshua 24:10And I would not hearken unto Bil'am; but he had to bless you instead: and I delivered you out of his hand.

Psalms 84:2(84:3) My soul desired, yea, it also longed for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh shout with joy unto the living God.

Song of Solomon 6:4Thou art beautiful, O my beloved, like Thirzah, comely like Jerusalem, terrible as armies encamped round their 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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