Numbers 24:21

He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, 1 “Your dwelling place is strong. 2 Your nest is set in the rock. 1

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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

20He looked at Amalek [Man who licks up], and took up his parable, and said, 1 “Amalek [Man who licks up] was the first of the nations, 2 But his latter end shall come to destruction.”

22Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, 2 until Asshur carries you away captive.”

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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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