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Balaam’s Final Prophecies

20 Then Balaam[a] looked on Amalek and delivered this oracle:[b]

“Amalek was the first[c] of the nations,
but his end will be that he will perish.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:20 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Balaam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Numbers 24:20 tn Heb “and he lifted up his oracle and said.” So also in vv. 21, 23.
  3. Numbers 24:20 sn This probably means that it held first place, or it thought that it was “the first of the nations.” It was not the first, either in order or greatness.

Balaam’s Fifth Message

20 Then Balaam saw Amalek(A) and spoke his message:

“Amalek was first among the nations,
    but their end will be utter destruction.”(B)

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