Numbers 24:5

How goodly are thy habitations, Jacob, 1 And thy tents, Israel! 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4He says who hears the oracle of the Mighty One, 1 Who saw a vision of God in sleep; 1 His eyes were opened: 1

6As shady groves, 1 And as gardens by a river, 1 And as tents which God pitched, 1 And as cedars by the waters. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:42Seven days ye shall dwell in tabernacles: every native in Israel shall dwell in tents,

Numbers 24:2And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and sees Israel encamped by their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

Joshua 24:10But the Lord thy God would not destroy thee; and he greatly blessed us, and rescued us out of their hands, and delivered them to us.

Psalms 84:2O Lord, thou hast taken pleasure in thy land: 1 Thou hast turned back the captivity of Jacob. 1

Song of Solomon 6:4Thou art fair, my companion, as Pleasure, 1 Beautiful as Jerusalem, 1 Terrible as armies set in array. 1

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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