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Num. 24:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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As the valleys
nachal (Hebrew #5158)
or nachalah (Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28) {nakh-al-aw'}; from 5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
KJV usage: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
Pronounce: nakh'-al
Origin: or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124:4) {nakh'-law}
are they spread forth
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
, as gardens
gannah (Hebrew #1593)
a garden
KJV usage: garden.
Pronounce: gan-naw'
Origin: feminine of 1588
byg the river’s side
nahar (Hebrew #5104)
a stream (including the sea; expec. the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
KJV usage: flood, river.
Pronounce: naw-hawr'
Origin: from 5102
, as the trees of lign aloes
'ahaliym (Hebrew #174)
of foreign origin; aloe wood (i.e. sticks)
KJV usage: (tree of lign-) aloes.
Pronounce: a-haw-leem'
Origin: or (feminine) ahalowth {a-haw-loth'} (only used thus in the plural)
which the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
hath planted
nata` (Hebrew #5193)
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: fastened, plant(- er).
Pronounce: naw-tah'
Origin: a primitive root
, and ash cedar trees
'erez (Hebrew #730)
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
KJV usage: cedar (tree).
Pronounce: eh-rez'
Origin: from 729
beside the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
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Psa. 1:3• 3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. (Psa. 1:3)
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Jer. 17:8• 8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. (Jer. 17:8)
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Psa. 92:12‑14• 12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
 13Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.
 14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; (Psa. 92:12‑14)

More on:

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Aloes; Lign-Aloes,
Cedar,
Garden; Gardener,
Lign Aloes,
River,
Vale; Valley

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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as gardens.
Gen. 2:8‑10• 8And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
 9And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
 10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. (Gen. 2:8‑10)
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Gen. 13:10• 10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. (Gen. 13:10)
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Song of Sol. 4:12‑15• 12A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
 13Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
 14Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
 15A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. (Song of Sol. 4:12‑15)
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Song of Sol. 6:11• 11I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded. (Song of Sol. 6:11)
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Isa. 58:11• 11And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. (Isa. 58:11)
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Jer. 31:12• 12Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. (Jer. 31:12)
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Joel 3:18• 18And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim. (Joel 3:18)
as the trees.{Ahalim,} "lign-aloe trees."
This tree, which grows in the East Indies, is described as being eight or ten feet in height, with a stem the thickness of a man's thigh.
At the top grows a large tuft of jagged and thick leaves, thick and indented, broad at the bottom, but growing narrower towards the point, and about four feet in length.
The blossoms are red, intermingled with yellow, and double like cloves; from which comes a red and white fruit, of the size of a pea, oblong and triangular, with three apartments filled with seed. The tree has a very beautiful appearance; and a forest of them is said to bear a resemblance to a numerous encampment.
Psa. 1:3• 3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. (Psa. 1:3)
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Jer. 17:18• 18Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. (Jer. 17:18)
which the.
Psa. 104:16• 16The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; (Psa. 104:16)
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Isa. 41:19• 19I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: (Isa. 41:19)
as cedar.
Psa. 92:12‑14• 12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
 13Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.
 14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; (Psa. 92:12‑14)
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Ezek. 31:3‑4• 3Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
 4The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. (Ezek. 31:3‑4)
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Ezek. 47:12• 12And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. (Ezek. 47:12)
• What Beauty! “As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side!” Lovely imagery! What more beautiful than a valley; what more attractive than a garden? The one is suggestive of loveliness, which God always delights to see in His people; and the other of culture. Israel was God's cultivated garden in the old dispensation; the Church is His cultivated garden now. Hence the words of the apostle in 1 Corinthians 3:9. (“The Beauty and Order of God's People” by W.W. Fereday)
• What Fragrance! “As the trees of lign aloes which Jehovah hath planted.” Aloes were used for the purposes of fumigation and incense, the wood having a sweet smell....Someone has said that the aloe tree is “an image of all that is lovely, fragrant, flourishing, and incorruptible.” Wonderful that Jehovah should select this particular tree as setting forth the fragrance of His people in His sight!...In measure as we are occupied with God and with Christ our lives will be fragrant to those who have to do with us. (“The Beauty and Order of God's People” by W.W. Fereday)
• What Dignity! “As cedar trees beside the waters.” In the description of the bridegroom (Christ) in Song of Solomon 5:15 we read, “His countenance (or, bearing) is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.” In Balaam's third parable the same image of stateliness and dignity is applied to Israel. (“The Beauty and Order of God's People” by W.W. Fereday)
• What Sufficiency! “Planted... beside the waters.” God plants judiciously; man, not always. God knows that His plants need nourishment, and He places them where they can get it, and moreover provides them with means whereby they can absorb it. There is a suggestion of trees in Colossians 2:7: “Rooted and built up in Him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught.” (“The Beauty and Order of God's People” by W.W. Fereday)
• {v.6-7} They were as trees that Jehovah had planted, {v.7} therefore will they be great among the nations, a source of power and joy. They drink from the sources of God, and pour out from them abundantly for others. (“Numbers 22-25” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Like valleys are they spread forth, like gardens by the river side, Like aloe-trees which Jehovah hath planted, like cedars beside the waters.

W. Kelly Translation

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As the valleys are they spread forth,{HR}As gardens by the river’s side,{HR}As the trees of lign-aloes which Jehovah hath planted,{HR}And as cedar trees beside the waters.