 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 side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.  The Little gleaner - Page 58edited by - 1866Full view - About this book
 | George Bishop - 1703 - 598 pages
...may say, as one did in the vision of God, when his eyes were open seeing Israel abiding in his tents, "How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!" And as Moses, "Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord?" • Poor... | |
 | Europe - 1846 - 202 pages
...the orchards of fruit, and the gardens of flowers, he is ready to burst forth into the exclamation, ' How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! like shady woods, like cedars near the waters, and as gardens by the river'—of such, Solomon says,... | |
 | Europe - 1846 - 202 pages
...cleared for the site of a new convent ; and the monkish historian, as he recorded the fact, exclaimed, " How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel ! In the place where dragons lay shall there be reeds and rushes." Some of the most pleasing parts... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob ! and thy tabernacles,...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. He shall pour the water... | |
 | 1919 - 1156 pages
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 | 1803 - 474 pages
...thy tabernacles, О Ifrael ! As the values, are they fpread-forth, as gardens by the river's fide, as the trees of Lign- Aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar-trees befide the waters." In vain did Balak conduit the prophet from one mountain to another,... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1804 - 442 pages
...inchantment against Jacob, neither is their any divination against Israel, Num. xxiii. 7, 8. 20. 23. How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel, chap. xxiv. 5. I would excite your zeal to-day, my brethren, by an example so worthy of your emulation.... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 428 pages
...gardens by the river's side, which are peculiarly beautiful, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORJJ 7 hath planted, [and] as cedar trees beside the waters.* He shall pour the water out of his buckets, or clouds, and his seed [shall be] in many waters ; that is, God shall water thin... | |
 | James Fisher - 1806 - 352 pages
...maketh them to bring forth more fruit, John xv. 1, 2. ; so they grow up as the trees of lign-aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters, Num. xxiv. 6. How much then doth it concern me to, know whether I be broken off from the old stock... | |
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