Numbers 24:21

And when he saw the Kenite, he took up his parable, and said,—Enduring thy dwelling-place, Set thou then in the crag, thy nest;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 saw Amalek, he took up, his parable, and said—The beginning of nations,—Amalek, But his latter end is even to perish.

22Yet shall it be for destruction, O Kain,—How long shall Assyria hold thee captive?

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Cross References

Judges 1:16Now, the sons of the Kenite, father-in-law of Moses, had come up from the city of palm-trees, with the sons of Judah, into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad,—so they went and dwelt with 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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