Numbers 24:5

Mah tovu ohalecha (How goodly, beautiful, are thy tents), O Ya'akov, 1 and mishkenotecha (thy dwellings, tabernacles), O Yisroel! 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4He hath said which heard the words of El, 1 which saw the machazeh Shaddai (vision of Shaddai), 1 which falling prostrate, but having his eyes open: 1

6As the valleys are they + 24:6 the tents of Yisroel spread forth, 1 as ganot (gardens) by the riverside, 1 like aloes which Hashem hath planted, 1 and as cedar trees beside the mayim. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:42Ye shall dwell in sukkot shivat yamim; all that are the Ezrach Yisroel shall dwell in sukkot,

Numbers 24:2And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Yisroel encamped according to their Shevatim; and the Ruach Elohim came upon him.

Joshua 24:10But I would not pay heed unto Balaam; therefore he made a brocha over you; so I saved you out of his yad.

Psalms 84:2How yedidot (lovely) are thy mishkanot, 1 O Hashem Tzva'os! 1

Song of Solomon 6:4Thou art yafeh, O my love, as Tirtzah, 1 lovely as Yerushalayim, 1 awe-inspiring as bannered troops on the march. 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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