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the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Numbers 24:5
"How lovely are your tents, O Jacob! Your dwellings, O Israel!
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Legacy Standard Bible
How fair are your tents, O Jacob,Your dwellings, O Israel!
How fair are your tents, O Jacob,Your dwellings, O Israel!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
How fair are your tents, O Jacob, Your dwellings, O Israel!
How fair are your tents, O Jacob, Your dwellings, O Israel!
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howe goodly are thy tentes O Iacob, and thyne habitations O Israel?
Howe goodly are thy tentes O Iacob, and thyne habitations O Israel?
Easy-to-Read Version
"People of Jacob, your tents are beautiful! Israelites, your homes are beautiful!
"People of Jacob, your tents are beautiful! Israelites, your homes are beautiful!
Revised Standard Version
how fair are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O Israel!
how fair are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O Israel!
World English Bible
How goodly are your tents, Jacob, Your tents, Israel!
How goodly are your tents, Jacob, Your tents, Israel!
King James Version (1611)
How goodly are thy tents, O Iacob, and thy Tabernacles, O Israel!
How goodly are thy tents, O Iacob, and thy Tabernacles, O Israel!
King James Version
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
How goodly are thy tetes O Iacob, and thy habitacions O Israel?
How goodly are thy tetes O Iacob, and thy habitacions O Israel?
THE MESSAGE
By now Balaam realized that God wanted to bless Israel. So he didn't work in any sorcery as he had done earlier. He turned and looked out over the wilderness. As Balaam looked, he saw Israel camped tribe by tribe. The Spirit of God came on him, and he spoke his oracle-message: Decree of Balaam son of Beor, yes, decree of a man with 20/20 vision; Decree of a man who hears God speak, who sees what The Strong God shows him, Who falls on his face in worship, who sees what's really going on. What beautiful tents, Jacob, oh, your homes, Israel! Like valleys stretching out in the distance, like gardens planted by rivers, Like sweet herbs planted by the gardener God , like red cedars by pools and springs, Their buckets will brim with water, their seed will spread life everywhere. Their king will tower over Agag and his ilk, their kingdom surpassingly majestic. God brought them out of Egypt, rampaging like a wild ox, Gulping enemies like morsels of meat, crushing their bones, snapping their arrows. Israel crouches like a lion and naps, king-of-the-beasts—who dares disturb him? Whoever blesses you is blessed, whoever curses you is cursed. Balak lost his temper with Balaam. He shook his fist. He said to Balaam: "I got you in here to curse my enemies and what have you done? Blessed them! Blessed them three times! Get out of here! Go home! I told you I would pay you well, but you're getting nothing. You can blame God ." Balaam said to Balak, "Didn't I tell you up front when you sent your emissaries, ‘Even if Balak gave me his palace stuffed with silver and gold, I couldn't do anything on my own, whether good or bad, that went against God 's command'? I'm leaving for home and my people, but I warn you of what this people will do to your people in the days to come." Then he spoke his oracle-message: Decree of Balaam son of Beor, decree of the man with 20/20 vision, Decree of the man who hears godly speech, who knows what's going on with the High God, Who sees what The Strong God reveals, who bows in worship and sees what's real. I see him, but not right now, I perceive him, but not right here; A star rises from Jacob a scepter from Israel, Crushing the heads of Moab, the skulls of all the noisy windbags; I see Edom sold off at auction, enemy Seir marked down at the flea market, while Israel walks off with the trophies. A ruler is coming from Jacob who'll destroy what's left in the city. Then Balaam spotted Amalek and delivered an oracle-message. He said, Amalek, you're in first place among nations right now, but you're going to come in last, ruined. He saw the Kenites and delivered his oracle-message to them: Your home is in a nice secure place, like a nest high on the face of a cliff. Still, you Kenites will look stupid when Asshur takes you prisoner. Balaam spoke his final oracle-message: Doom! Who stands a chance when God starts in? Sea-Peoples, raiders from across the sea, will harass Asshur and Eber, But they'll also come to nothing, just like all the rest. Balaam got up and went home. Balak also went on his way.
By now Balaam realized that God wanted to bless Israel. So he didn't work in any sorcery as he had done earlier. He turned and looked out over the wilderness. As Balaam looked, he saw Israel camped tribe by tribe. The Spirit of God came on him, and he spoke his oracle-message: Decree of Balaam son of Beor, yes, decree of a man with 20/20 vision; Decree of a man who hears God speak, who sees what The Strong God shows him, Who falls on his face in worship, who sees what's really going on. What beautiful tents, Jacob, oh, your homes, Israel! Like valleys stretching out in the distance, like gardens planted by rivers, Like sweet herbs planted by the gardener God , like red cedars by pools and springs, Their buckets will brim with water, their seed will spread life everywhere. Their king will tower over Agag and his ilk, their kingdom surpassingly majestic. God brought them out of Egypt, rampaging like a wild ox, Gulping enemies like morsels of meat, crushing their bones, snapping their arrows. Israel crouches like a lion and naps, king-of-the-beasts—who dares disturb him? Whoever blesses you is blessed, whoever curses you is cursed. Balak lost his temper with Balaam. He shook his fist. He said to Balaam: "I got you in here to curse my enemies and what have you done? Blessed them! Blessed them three times! Get out of here! Go home! I told you I would pay you well, but you're getting nothing. You can blame God ." Balaam said to Balak, "Didn't I tell you up front when you sent your emissaries, ‘Even if Balak gave me his palace stuffed with silver and gold, I couldn't do anything on my own, whether good or bad, that went against God 's command'? I'm leaving for home and my people, but I warn you of what this people will do to your people in the days to come." Then he spoke his oracle-message: Decree of Balaam son of Beor, decree of the man with 20/20 vision, Decree of the man who hears godly speech, who knows what's going on with the High God, Who sees what The Strong God reveals, who bows in worship and sees what's real. I see him, but not right now, I perceive him, but not right here; A star rises from Jacob a scepter from Israel, Crushing the heads of Moab, the skulls of all the noisy windbags; I see Edom sold off at auction, enemy Seir marked down at the flea market, while Israel walks off with the trophies. A ruler is coming from Jacob who'll destroy what's left in the city. Then Balaam spotted Amalek and delivered an oracle-message. He said, Amalek, you're in first place among nations right now, but you're going to come in last, ruined. He saw the Kenites and delivered his oracle-message to them: Your home is in a nice secure place, like a nest high on the face of a cliff. Still, you Kenites will look stupid when Asshur takes you prisoner. Balaam spoke his final oracle-message: Doom! Who stands a chance when God starts in? Sea-Peoples, raiders from across the sea, will harass Asshur and Eber, But they'll also come to nothing, just like all the rest. Balaam got up and went home. Balak also went on his way.
American Standard Version
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!
Bible in Basic English
How fair are your tents, O Jacob, your houses, O Israel!
How fair are your tents, O Jacob, your houses, O Israel!
Update Bible Version
How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, Your tabernacles, O Israel!
How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, Your tabernacles, O Israel!
Webster's Bible Translation
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, [and] thy tabernacles, O Israel!
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, [and] thy tabernacles, O Israel!
New English Translation
‘How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, and your dwelling places, O Israel!
‘How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, and your dwelling places, O Israel!
Contemporary English Version
"People of Israel, your camp is lovely.
"People of Israel, your camp is lovely.
Complete Jewish Bible
"How lovely are your tents, Ya‘akov; your encampments, Isra'el!
"How lovely are your tents, Ya‘akov; your encampments, Isra'el!
Darby Translation
How goodly are thy tents, Jacob, and thy tabernacles, Israel!
How goodly are thy tents, Jacob, and thy tabernacles, Israel!
Geneva Bible (1587)
How goodly are thy tentes, O Iaakob, & thine habitations, O Israel!
How goodly are thy tentes, O Iaakob, & thine habitations, O Israel!
George Lamsa Translation
How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, and your tabernacles, O Israel!
How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, and your tabernacles, O Israel!
Good News Translation
The tents of Israel are beautiful,
The tents of Israel are beautiful,
Amplified Bible
How fair are your tents, O Jacob, And your tabernacles, O Israel!
How fair are your tents, O Jacob, And your tabernacles, O Israel!
Hebrew Names Version
How goodly are your tents, Ya`akov, Your tents, Yisra'el!
How goodly are your tents, Ya`akov, Your tents, Yisra'el!
JPS Old Testament (1917)
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel!
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel!
New Living Translation
How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob; how lovely are your homes, O Israel!
How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob; how lovely are your homes, O Israel!
New Life Bible
How fair are your tents, O Jacob, and your homes, O Israel!
How fair are your tents, O Jacob, and your homes, O Israel!
New Revised Standard
how fair are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O Israel!
how fair are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O Israel!
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
How goodly are thy habitations, Jacob, and thy tents, Israel!
How goodly are thy habitations, Jacob, and thy tents, Israel!
English Revised Version
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!
Berean Standard Bible
How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
How pleasing are thy tents, O Jacob, - Thy habitations, O Israel:
How pleasing are thy tents, O Jacob, - Thy habitations, O Israel:
Douay-Rheims Bible
How beautiful are thy tabernacles O Jacob, and thy tents, O Israel!
How beautiful are thy tabernacles O Jacob, and thy tents, O Israel!
Lexham English Bible
How good are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
How good are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
Literal Translation
How good are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
How good are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
English Standard Version
How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O Israel!
How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O Israel!
New American Standard Bible
How pleasant are your tents, Jacob, Your dwelling places, Israel!
How pleasant are your tents, Jacob, Your dwelling places, Israel!
New Century Version
Your tents are beautiful, people of Jacob! So are your homes, Israel!
Your tents are beautiful, people of Jacob! So are your homes, Israel!
Christian Standard Bible®
How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel.
How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jacob, and thi tentis, Israel!
Jacob, and thi tentis, Israel!
Young's Literal Translation
How good have been thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel;
How good have been thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel;
Contextual Overview
1 Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at other times, to seek to use sorcery, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 2 And Balaam raised his eyes, and saw Israel encamped according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him. 3 Then he took up his oracle and said: "The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor, The utterance of the man whose eyes are opened, 4 The utterance of him who hears the words of God, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Who falls down, with eyes wide open: 5 "How lovely are your tents, O Jacob! Your dwellings, O Israel! 6 Like valleys that stretch out, Like gardens by the riverside, Like aloes planted by the LORD, Like cedars beside the waters. 7 He shall pour water from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters. "His king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted. 8 "God brings him out of Egypt; He has strength like a wild ox; He shall consume the nations, his enemies; He shall break their bones And pierce them with his arrows. 9 'He bows down, he lies down as a lion;And as a lion, who shall rouse him?' Genesis 49:9 ">[fn] "Blessed is he who blesses you,And cursed is he who curses you."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Reciprocal: Exodus 38:21 - tabernacle of testimony Leviticus 23:42 - General Numbers 2:34 - so they Numbers 10:28 - according Numbers 24:2 - abiding Deuteronomy 33:29 - Happy Joshua 24:10 - General Nehemiah 13:2 - our God Song of Solomon 4:7 - General Song of Solomon 6:4 - terrible Malachi 2:12 - out
Cross-References
Genesis 24:58
Then they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go."
Then they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go."
Exodus 9:2
For if you refuse to let them go, and still hold them,
For if you refuse to let them go, and still hold them,
Exodus 20:7
"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
Proverbs 13:16
Every prudent man acts with knowledge, But a fool lays open his folly.
Every prudent man acts with knowledge, But a fool lays open his folly.
Jeremiah 4:2
And you shall swear, "The LORD lives,' In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; The nations shall bless themselves in Him, And in Him they shall glory."
And you shall swear, "The LORD lives,' In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; The nations shall bless themselves in Him, And in Him they shall glory."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 Psalms 84:1.
