Numbers 24:20

And having seen Amalec, he took up his parable and said, Amalec is the first of the nations; yet his seed shall perish.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19And one shall arise out of Jacob, and destroy out of the city him that escapes.

21And having seen the Kenite, he took up his parable and said, Thy dwelling-place is strong; yet though thou shouldest put thy nest in a rock,

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Cross References

Exodus 17:8And Amalec came and fought with Israel in Raphidin.

Exodus 17:16For with a secret hand the Lord wages war upon Amalec to all generations.

1 Samuel 14:48And he wrought valiantly, and smote Amalec, and rescued Israel out of the hand of them that trampled on him.

1 Samuel 27:8And David and his men went up, and made an attack on all the Gesirites and on the Amalekites: and behold, the land was inhabited, (even the land + 27:8 Th LXX have rendered מעולס ... שוה of old to Shur, by ἀπὸ Γελαμψοὺρ.from Gelampsur) by those who come from the fortified cities even to the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 30:17And David came upon them, and smote them from the morning till the evening, and on the next day; and not one of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who were mounted on camels, and fled.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 24:16-25

Balaam's Prophecy. ( b. c. 1452.) 15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and… Read the whole commentary →

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