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Numbers 24:5–6

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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.
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  1. Psalms 1:3Rank 1 from verse 6
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    3And 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.

  2. Isaiah 58:11Rank 2 from verse 6
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    11And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

  3. Psalms 104:16Rank 3 from verse 6
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    16The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

  4. Ezekiel 31:3–4Rank 4 from verse 6
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    3¶ Behold, the Assyrian was 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.

    4The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.

  5. Ezekiel 47:12Rank 5 from verse 6
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    12And 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.

  6. Genesis 13:10Rank 6 from verse 6
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    10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

  7. Genesis 2:8–10Rank 7 from verse 6
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    8¶ And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

    9And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

    10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

  8. Isaiah 41:19Rank 8 from verse 6
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    19I 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, and the pine, and the box tree together:

  9. Jeremiah 17:18Rank 9 from verse 6
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    18Let 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.

  10. Jeremiah 31:12Rank 10 from verse 6
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    12Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

  11. Joel 3:18Rank 11 from verse 6
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    18¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

  12. Psalms 45:8Rank 12 from verse 6
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    8All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

  13. Psalms 92:12–14Rank 13 from verse 6
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    12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

    13Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.

    14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

  14. Song of Solomon 4:12–15Rank 14 from verse 6
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    12A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

    13Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

    14Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

    15A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

  15. Song of Solomon 6:11Rank 15 from verse 6
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    11I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

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Numbers 24:5

COMBINED MEANING

goodly

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Attractive, beautiful, comely, pleasing, desirable, fine, choice, noble, valuable, or impressive in appearance or quality.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

tents

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Portable shelters or dwellings; by association, the dwellings or encampment of a household or people.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Numbers 24:6

COMBINED MEANING

valleys

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Plural form of valley (low ground between hills or mountains, often watered by a stream).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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side

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Sense 1: A lateral part, edge, or surface. Sense 2: A party or position in a dispute.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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24:1AND 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.

24:2And 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.

24:3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

24:4He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

24:5How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

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24:6As 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.

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24:7He 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.

24:8God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

24:9He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

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