Numbers 24:5

How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, 2 the place where you live, Israel! 1

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

In Context

4He speaks and hears God's words. 2 He sees a vision from the Almighty, 1 Before whom he bows down with his eyes open. 1

6Like valleys they spread out, 2 like gardens by the riverside, 2 like aloes planted by Yahweh, 2 like cedars beside the waters. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:42You must live in small shelters for seven days. All native-born Israelites must live in small shelters for seven days,

Numbers 24:2He raised his eyes and saw that Israel was camped, each in their own tribe, and the Spirit of God came on him.

Joshua 24:10But I did not listen to Balaam. Indeed, he blessed you. So I rescued you out of his hand.

Psalms 84:2I long for the courts of Yahweh, my desire for it has made me exhausted. 1 My heart and all of my being call out to the living God. 1

Song of Solomon 6:4You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my love, 1 as lovely as Jerusalem, 1 as awe-inspiring as an army with its banners. 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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