Numbers 24:21

And he looked on the Keni (Kenites), and took up his mashal, and said, 1 Strong is thy moshav (dwelling place), 1 and thou puttest thy ken (nest) in a rock. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 when he looked on Amalek, he took up his mashal, and said, 1 Amalek was the reshit of the Goyim; 1 but his acharit (latter end) shall be that unto destruction.

22Nevertheless Kayin shall be for burning, 1 while Ashur (Assyria) shall carry thee away captive.

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Cross References

Judges 1:16And the Bnei Keni, khoten Moshe, went up out of the Ir HaTemarim with the Bnei Yehudah into the midbar of Yehudah, which lieth in the Negev of Arad; and they went and dwelt among 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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