Numbers 24:6

Your tents are spread out in front of me like groves of palm trees in valleys, like gardens alongside a river. They are like strong aloe trees/plants that Yahweh has planted, like strong cedar trees that grow along the rivers.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.

In Context

5You descendants of Jacob, your tents are very beautiful; they are truly lovely!

7Your water buckets will always be full; the seeds that you plant will always have plenty of water to make them grow. The Israelis’ king will be greater than King Agag; the kingdom that he rules will be honored.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:8Yahweh God made a park/garden in a place named Eden, which was east of the land of Canaan, and he put there the man that he had created.

Psalms 1:3They constantly produce/do things that please God just like fruit trees that have been planted along the banks of a stream produce fruit at the right time every year. Like trees that never wither, they succeed in everything that they do.

Psalms 92:12But righteous people will prosper like [SIM] palm trees that grow well, or like [SIM] cedar trees that grow in Lebanon.

Song of Solomon 4:12My bride, you who are dearer to me than [MET] my sister, you are like [MET] a garden that is locked in order that other men cannot enter it; you are like [MET] a spring or a fountain that is covered in order that others may not drink from it.

Isaiah 41:19I will plant trees in the desert— cedar trees, acacia trees, myrtle trees, olive trees, cypress trees, fir trees, and pine trees.

Jeremiah 17:18So now, cause those who ◄persecute me/cause me to suffer► to be ashamed and dismayed, but do not do things to me that will cause me to be ashamed and dismayed. Cause them to be terrified! Do to them many things that will completely destroy them!

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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