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description: "\"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\" — Read Numbers 24:5-6 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon."
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## Numbers 24:5-6 in Context (Verses 2–9 KJV)
 
 [2 ](/kjv/numbers/24/2) And 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.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/numbers/24/3) And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:*
 
 [4 ](/kjv/numbers/24/4) 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:
 
 [5 ](/kjv/numbers/24/5) How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, *and* thy tabernacles, O Israel!
 
 [6 ](/kjv/numbers/24/6) 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.
 
 [7 ](/kjv/numbers/24/7) 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.
 
 [8 ](/kjv/numbers/24/8) God 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.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/numbers/24/9) He 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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