Numbers 24:5-9

English Standard Version

⁵How lovely are your tents, O Jacob,
    your encampments, O Israel!
⁶Like palm groves^[a] that stretch afar,
    like gardens beside a river,
^(A)like aloes ^(B)that the Lord has planted,
    like cedar trees beside the waters.
⁷Water shall flow from his buckets,
    and his seed shall be ^(C)in many waters;
his king shall be higher than ^(D)Agag,
    and ^(E)his kingdom shall be exalted.
⁸God brings him out of Egypt
    and is for him like the ^(F)horns of the wild ox;
he shall ^(G)eat up the nations, his adversaries,
    and shall ^(H)break their bones in pieces
    and ^(I)pierce them through with his arrows.
⁹He crouched, he lay down like a lion
    and ^(J)like a lioness; who will rouse him up?
^(K)Blessed are those who bless you,
    and cursed are those who curse you.”

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Numbers 24:6 Or valleys

Numbers 24:5-9

New International Version

⁵“How beautiful are your tents,^(A) Jacob,
your dwelling places, Israel!

⁶“Like valleys they spread out,
    like gardens beside a river,^(B)
like aloes^(C) planted by the Lord,
    like cedars beside the waters.^(D)
⁷Water will flow from their buckets;
    their seed will have abundant water.

“Their king will be greater than Agag;^(E)
their kingdom will be exalted.^(F)

⁸“God brought them out of Egypt;
    they have the strength of a wild ox.
They devour hostile nations
    and break their bones in pieces;^(G)
    with their arrows they pierce them.^(H)
⁹Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
    like a lioness^(I)—who dares to rouse them?