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Numbers 24:21

19 A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”

20 Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.

22 Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.”

23 Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.
KJV
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
WEB
He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, “Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock.
ASV
And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.
DARBY
And he saw the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Firm is thy dwelling-place, and thy nest fixed in the rock;
BLB
And he looked on the Kenite, and he lifted up his oracle and said, “Enduring is your dwelling place, and your nest is set in the rock.
ÅB
Så fikk han se kenittene, og han tok til å kvede og sa: Fast er din bolig, og bygget på klippen ditt rede;
OTB
Og han så på kenittene og begynte sin uttalelse og sa: "Din bolig er trygg, og ditt rede er satt i klippen;
B1930
Så fikk han se kenittene, og han tok til å kvede og sa: Fast er din bolig, og bygget på klippen ditt rede;

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Cross references

  • Genesis 15:19

    the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

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  • Job 29:18

    So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.

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  • Judges 1:16

    Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.

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