Numbers 24:21
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted,.... Though they were so strongly fortified, and closely immured and surrounded…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The Kenites - First mentioned Gen 15:19 as one of the tribes whose territory was promised to Abraham. In Jdg 1:16, where…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Numbers 24:15-25
The office of prophets was both to bless and to prophesy in the name of the Lord. Balaam, as a prophet, per force had…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The utterance on the Kenites.
And he saw the Kenite The singular adjective stands for the whole tribe; cf. 1Sa 15:6; 1Sa…