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how lovely are your homes, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, <i>and</i> thy tabernacles, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“How lovely are your tents, O Jacob! Your dwellings, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />How pleasant are your tents, Jacob, Your dwelling places, Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />How fair are your tents, O Jacob, Your dwellings, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />How fair are your tents, O Jacob, Your dwellings, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />How fair are your tents, O Jacob, Your dwellings, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />How fair are your tents, O Jacob, And your tabernacles, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"People of Israel, your camp is lovely. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, and the places where you live, Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The tents of Israel are beautiful, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Jacob, your tents are so fine, as well as your dwelling places, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, and your dwelling places, O Israel! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your tents, Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your dwellings, Israel! <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />How good have been your tents, O Jacob, "" Your dwelling places, O Israel;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> How good have been thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />How good thy tents, Jacob, and thy dwellings, Israel!<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />How beautiful are thy tabernacles, O Jacob, and thy tents, O Israel! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />‘How beautiful are your tabernacles, O Jacob, and your tents, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />How pleasant are your tents, Jacob; your encampments, Israel! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />how fair are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O Israel!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, and your tabernacles, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“How beautiful your Tabernacle, Yaquuv, and your tents, Israel!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy dwellings, O Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />How goodly <i>are</i> thy habitations, Jacob, and thy tents, Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/24-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=7526" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/24.htm">Balaam's Third Oracle</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open: <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">How</a> <a href="/hebrew/2895.htm" title="2895: ṭō·ḇū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To be pleasing or good. A primitive root, to be good in the widest sense.">lovely are</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: ’ō·hā·le·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">your tents,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya·‘ă·qōḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">O Jacob,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4908.htm" title="4908: miš·kə·nō·ṯe·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Dwelling place, tabernacle. From shakan; a residence; specifically, the Tabernacle.">your dwellings,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">O Israel!</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/45-2.htm">Psalm 45:2</a></span><br />You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/133-1.htm">Psalm 133:1-3</a></span><br />A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony! / It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes. / It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-18.htm">Isaiah 32:18</a></span><br />Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/33-20.htm">Isaiah 33:20</a></span><br />Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Isaiah 54:2</a></span><br />“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-13.htm">Isaiah 60:13</a></span><br />The glory of Lebanon will come to you—its cypress, elm, and boxwood together—to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">Jeremiah 31:12</a></span><br />They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35</a></span><br />Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5-7</a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. / His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. / They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/4-4.htm">Micah 4:4</a></span><br />And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/9-17.htm">Zechariah 9:17</a></span><br />How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-14.htm">Matthew 5:14-16</a></span><br />You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. / Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. / In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-31.htm">Matthew 13:31-32</a></span><br />He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field. / Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a></span><br />The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-4.htm">John 15:4-5</a></span><br />Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. / I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, and your tabernacles, O Israel!</p><p class="hdg">as gardens</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/2-8.htm">Genesis 2:8-10</a></b></br> And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/13-10.htm">Genesis 13:10</a></b></br> And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it <i>was</i> well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, <i>even</i> as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/songs/4-12.htm">Song of Solomon 4:12-15</a></b></br> A garden inclosed <i>is</i> my sister, <i>my</i> spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed… </p><p class="hdg">as the trees.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a></b></br> And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Jeremiah 17:18</a></b></br> Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.</p><p class="hdg">which the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/104-16.htm">Psalm 104:16</a></b></br> The trees of the LORD are full <i>of sap</i>; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/41-19.htm">Isaiah 41:19</a></b></br> I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, <i>and</i> the pine, and the box tree together:</p><p class="hdg">as cedar</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/92-12.htm">Psalm 92:12-14</a></b></br> The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">Ezekiel 31:3,4</a></b></br> Behold, the Assyrian <i>was</i> a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/47-12.htm">Ezekiel 47:12</a></b></br> And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/23-40.htm">Beautiful</a> <a href="/numbers/24-2.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/numbers/16-27.htm">Dwellings</a> <a href="/genesis/25-16.htm">Encampments</a> <a href="/numbers/17-6.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/numbers/24-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/23-23.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/numbers/22-41.htm">Places</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-34.htm">Tabernacles</a> <a href="/numbers/24-2.htm">Tents</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/21-11.htm">Beautiful</a> <a href="/numbers/24-21.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/numbers/35-29.htm">Dwellings</a> <a href="/numbers/31-10.htm">Encampments</a> <a href="/numbers/26-2.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/numbers/24-17.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/24-17.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/numbers/31-10.htm">Places</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-13.htm">Tabernacles</a> <a href="/numbers/33-5.htm">Tents</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/24-1.htm">Balaam, leaving divinations, prophesies the happiness of Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/24-10.htm">Balak, in anger, dismisses him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/24-15.htm">He prophesies of the Star of Jacob, and the destruction of some nations</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "tents" symbolize the temporary yet orderly and divinely protected encampment of the Israelites during their wilderness journey. The use of "lovely" indicates God's favor and the beauty of His chosen people, despite their imperfections. The reference to "Jacob" highlights the patriarchal lineage and covenant promises given to Jacob, also known as Israel, emphasizing the continuity of God's faithfulness from the patriarchs to the present generation.<p><b>your dwellings, O Israel!</b><br>"Dwellings" refers to the more permanent aspect of the Israelites' habitation, suggesting stability and future settlement in the Promised Land. The name "Israel" signifies the transformed identity of Jacob after wrestling with God, representing the nation as God's chosen people. This phrase underscores the prophetic vision of Israel's future prosperity and peace in the land God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It also foreshadows the ultimate fulfillment of God's promises through Jesus Christ, who provides spiritual rest and eternal dwelling for believers. The imagery of beautiful dwellings can be connected to the eschatological hope of the New Jerusalem, where God's people will dwell with Him forever.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/b/balaam.htm">Balaam</a></b><br>A non-Israelite prophet who was hired by Balak, the king of Moab, to curse the Israelites. Instead, he ends up blessing them under God's influence.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/balak.htm">Balak</a></b><br>The king of Moab who feared the Israelites due to their numbers and sought to weaken them through a curse.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob/israel.htm">Jacob/Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the descendants of Jacob, the patriarch whose name was changed to Israel. This verse highlights the beauty and order of the Israelite camp.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>The region where Balak ruled and where the Israelites were encamped during their journey to the Promised Land.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelite_camp.htm">The Israelite Camp</a></b><br>The orderly and divinely protected encampment of the Israelites, which Balaam sees and describes as beautiful.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_blessing.htm">God's Sovereignty in Blessing</a></b><br>Despite human intentions to curse, God's will prevails, and His people are blessed. Trust in God's sovereignty over circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_beauty_of_god's_people.htm">The Beauty of God's People</a></b><br>The beauty of the Israelite camp symbolizes the spiritual beauty of God's people. Reflect on how our lives can reflect God's order and beauty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_among_his_people.htm">God's Presence Among His People</a></b><br>The orderly and beautiful arrangement of the Israelite camp signifies God's presence. Seek to cultivate a life where God's presence is evident.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_words.htm">The Power of Words</a></b><br>Balaam's words, intended for harm, were turned to blessing. Be mindful of the power of words and seek to speak blessings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god's_promises.htm">Faithfulness to God's Promises</a></b><br>God's promises to Israel are fulfilled despite opposition. Trust in God's faithfulness to His promises in your life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_balaam's_differing_portrayals.htm">How should we address the seeming discrepancy between Balaam’s portrayal here in Numbers 24 and other biblical texts that condemn him (e.g., 2 Peter 2:15)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_god's_change_with_balaam_consistent.htm">How does God’s change from forbidding Balaam to go (Numbers 22:12) to eventually permitting him (Numbers 22:20) align with the concept of divine consistency? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_use_balaam,_a_non-israelite,_in_num_24.htm">Why would God use Balaam, a non-Israelite, as His mouthpiece in Numbers 24 if divine revelation was meant primarily for the Israelites? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_many_fighting_men_in_israel.htm">In that count how many fighting men were found in Israel? Eight hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9) One million, one hundred thousand (I Chronicles 21:5)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/24-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">How</span><br /><span class="heb">מַה־</span> <span class="translit">(mah-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">beautiful</span><br /><span class="heb">טֹּ֥בוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṭō·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2895.htm">Strong's 2895: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be pleasing or good</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are your tents,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹהָלֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·hā·le·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O Jacob,</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲקֹ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·qōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your dwellings,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(miš·kə·nō·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4908.htm">Strong's 4908: </a> </span><span class="str2">A residence, the Tabernacle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O Israel!</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/24-5.htm">Numbers 24:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/24-5.htm">Numbers 24:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/24-5.htm">Numbers 24:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/24-5.htm">Numbers 24:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/24-5.htm">Numbers 24:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/24-5.htm">Numbers 24:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/24-5.htm">Numbers 24:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/24-5.htm">Numbers 24:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/24-5.htm">Numbers 24:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/24-5.htm">Numbers 24:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/24-5.htm">OT Law: Numbers 24:5 How goodly are your tents Jacob (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/24-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 24:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 24:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/24-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 24:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 24:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>