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Numbers 24:21
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Numbers 24:21
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
21 Upon seeing the Kenites,[a] he recited his poem:
Though your dwelling is safe,
and your nest is set on a cliff;
Footnotes
- 24:21 The Kenites lived in high strongholds in the mountains of southern Palestine and the Sinai Peninsula, and were skilled in working the various metals found in their territory. Their name is connected, at least by popular etymology, with the Hebrew word for “smith”; of similar sound to qayin, i.e., “Kain” or “smith,” is the Hebrew word for “nest,” qen—hence the play on words in the present passage.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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