Numbers 24:20
Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
Note the nations: the nations that warred against Israel
Note that…: or, even to destruction
He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall come to destruction.”
And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; But his latter end shall come to destruction.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the first of the nations
- or, the first of the nations thatwarred against Israel.
- Exodus 17:8, 16
- his latter end
- Judges 6:3; 1 Samuel 14:48; 1 Samuel 15:3–8; 1 Samuel 27:8, 9; 1 Samuel 30:1, 17; 1 Chronicles 4:43; Esther 3:1; Esther 7:9, 10; Esther 9:14
- shall be that he perish for ever
- or, shall be even todestruction.
- Exodus 17:14; 1 Samuel 15:3, 8