Numbers 24:2

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Summary

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.

Abiding

The spirit

General references

Leviticus 23:42

Numbers 1:52

Bible References

Abiding

How fair are your tents, O Jacob,
Your dwellings, O Israel!

“The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting at a distance.

“As I see him from the top of the rocks,
And I look at him from the hills;

Behold, a people who dwells apart,

And will not be reckoned among the nations.

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You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,

As lovely as Jerusalem,
As awesome as an army with banners.

The spirit

Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him; and He took of the Spirit who was upon him and placed Him upon the seventy elders. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do it again.

When they came to the hill there, behold, a group of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him mightily, so that he prophesied among them.

Then Saul sent messengers to take David, but when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing and presiding over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul; and they also prophesied.

Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded,

Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’

Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Him.

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,

General references

You shall live in booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall live in booths,

The sons of Israel shall camp, each man by his own camp, and each man by his own standard, according to their armies.