“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.”
Then he saw the Kenites, and uttered his oracle, saying: 'Enduring is your dwelling place, and your nest is set in the rock' — Balaam turns to the Kenites, a non-Israelite people who will later be associated with Moses (through his father-in-law Jethro). The oracle is favorable: the Kenites' dwelling is enduring (etzan mishkan), and their nest (kan) is set in rock—suggesting security and permanence. The rock dwelling suggests fortress and protection.
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