Numbers 24:21

And having seen the Kenite, he took up his parable and said, your dwelling-place is strong; yet though you should put your nest in a rock,

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In The King James Version

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

In Context

20And having seen Amalec, he took up his parable and said, Amalec is the first of the nations; yet his seed shall perish.

22and though Beor should have a + 24:22 Gr. nest of cunning skillfully contrived hiding-place, the Assyrians shall carry you away captive.

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Cross References

Judges 1:16And the children of Jothor the Kenite the father-in-law of Moses went up from the city of palm-trees with the children of Judas, to the wilderness that is in the south of Juda, which is at the descent of Arad, and they lived with the people.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 24:16-25

Balaam's Prophecy. ( b. c. 1452.) 15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and… Read the whole commentary →

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