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Numbers 24
Balaam, hired by Balak of Moab to curse Israel, sees the tents of Israel and blesses them instead: 'How beautiful are your tents, Jacob.' He foresees a star coming out of Jacob and a sceptre rising out of Israel.
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Israel lived in tents in the wilderness camp.
The narratives speak of tents (Numbers 24:5; Exodus 33:8).