Numbers 24:5
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
How goodly are thy tents, O Iacob, and thy Tabernacles, O Israel!
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Numbers 24:5
Attractive, beautiful, comely, pleasing, desirable, fine, choice, noble, valuable, or impressive in appearance or quality.
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Portable shelters or dwellings; by association, the dwellings or encampment of a household or people.
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tabernacles
Tents or movable dwellings; especially sacred tents or dwelling places.
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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.
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5How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
5How goodly are thy tents, O Iacob, and thy Tabernacles, O Israel!
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