Numbers 24:20
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.
Context
This verse from Numbers Chapter 24 connects to 10 cross-references. Balaam's third and fourth oracles come as he looks out over Israel with the Spirit of God upon him: Israel will triumph over all enemies; a star will come from Jacob, a scepter from Israel that will crush Moab and …
Other Translations
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.
And he seeth Amalek, and taketh up his simile, and saith: `A beginning of the Goyim <FI>is<Fi> Amalek; And his latter end--for ever he perisheth.'
Then, turning his eyes to Amalek, he went on with his story and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his part will be destruction for ever.
Cross References
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Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
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And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a …
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the …
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, …
And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations …
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of …
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man …