Numbers 24:20

And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his mashal, and said, 1 Amalek was the reshit of the Goyim; 1 but his acharit (latter end) shall be that unto destruction.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

19Out of Ya'akov shall come he that shall have dominion, 1 and shall destroy him that remaineth of the Ir.

21And he looked on the Keni (Kenites), and took up his mashal, and said, 1 Strong is thy moshav (dwelling place), 1 and thou puttest thy ken (nest) in a rock. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 17:8Then came Amalek, and did battle against Yisroel in Rephidim.

Exodus 17:16For he said, Because a yad has been against the kes Hashem (throne of Hashem), Hashem hath milchamah against Amalek from dor to dor.

1 Samuel 14:48And he gathered an army, and struck Amalek, and delivered Yisroel out of the hands of them that plundered them.

1 Samuel 27:8And Dovid and his anashim went up, and raided the Geshuri, and the Girzi, and the Amaleki; for they were of old the inhabitants of HaAretz, as thou goest to Shur, even unto Eretz Mitzrayim.

1 Samuel 30:17And Dovid struck them from the neshef (twilight, evening) even unto the erev of the next day; and there escaped not an ish of them, except four hundred na'ar, which rode off upon gemalim, and fled.

Esther 3:1After these things did HaMelech Achashverosh promote Haman ben Hamdata the Agagi, + 3:1 Num 24:7 and advanced him, and set his rank above all the other sarim (nobles).

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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