King James Version
Numbers 24:5 in the King James Version says “How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!”
Numbers 24:5 · KJV
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: whose: Heb. who had his eyes shut, but now opened
He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
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.
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“and thy tabernacles”
H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w
“O Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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