How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your dwellings, Israel!
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How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your dwellings, Israel!
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How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
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How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel!
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 24:5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob,…
Num 24:5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, [and] thy tabernacles, O Israel!
Ver. 5. How goodly are thy tents.] It fareth with a hypocrite, as with a surveyor of lands, that taketh an exact compass of other men’s grounds, of which he shall never enjoy a foot. See Num 23:10.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob,.... Not that…
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob,.... Not that the matter of which they were made was so rich, or their structure so admirable, but the order in which they were placed was so beautiful and agreeable:
and thy tabernacles, O Israel; which is the same thing in other words, and which may be applied figuratively to the church of God, which often goes by the names of Jacob and Israel; and agrees with particular congregations and assemblies of saints, where they dwell as in tents in a movable state, like pilgrims and sojourners; and which are the dwelling places of Father, Son, and Spirit, and of the people of God with one another; and are goodly, pleasant, and delightful, because of the presence of God with them, and on account of the provisions there made for them, and the company they there enjoy; see Psa 84:1.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 24:5-6. How goodly are thy tents, &c. —…
Num 24:5-6. How goodly are thy tents, &c. — Having seen them pitched in the plains of Moab, (Num 24:2,) he thus breaks forth into admiration of their beautiful order, as they lay ranged under their several standards. As the valleys — Which often from a small beginning are spread forth far and wide. As gardens — Pleasant and fruitful, and secured by a fence. As lign- aloes — An Arabian and Indian tree of a sweet smell, yielding shade and shelter both to man and beast; such is Israel, not only safe themselves, but yielding shelter to all that join themselves to them. Which the Lord hath planted — Nature, not art.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain How goodly are thy tents, . . . O…
How goodly are thy tents, . . . O Israel!--a fine burst of admiration, expressed in highly poetical strains. All travellers describe the beauty which the circular area of Bedouin tents impart to the desert. How impressive, then, must have been the view, as seen from the heights of Abarim, of the immense camp of Israel extended over the subjacent plains.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain THE THIRD PROPHECY, Num_24:5-14.
THE THIRD PROPHECY, Num_24:5-14.
This consists, first, of Balaam’s conception of the glorious prosperity of Israel, and, secondly, of his view of the power of the people — a terror to their foes.
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5. How goodly — Beauteous, delightful, profitable, and enduring.
Thy tents — In the Greek, houses. The Church is called the tents of Jacob (Mal_2:12) and the tents of Judah. Zec_12:7.
Tabernacles — Both the public abode of Jehovah and the private dwellings of the people surrounding it, symbolizing the communion of the Church with Christ and with one another.
O Israel — A name suggestive of princeliness. Gen_32:28.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 24:5-6 God’s love for his people was reflected in…
24:5-6 God’s love for his people was reflected in the blessings he showered upon them.
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