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18 Edom will be a captive;
    Seir, its enemies, will be a captive,
and Israel will be acting courageously.[a]
19     Someone[b] from Jacob will rule
and will destroy a remnant[c] from the city.”
20     And he looked at Amalek, uttered[d] his oracle, and said,
“Amalek is first[e] of the nations,
    but his future will be forever ruin.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:18 Literally “with physical strength”
  2. Numbers 24:19 Hebrew “He”
  3. Numbers 24:19 Or “survivor”
  4. Numbers 24:20 Literally “lifted up”
  5. Numbers 24:20 Or “among”

18 Edom(A) will be conquered;
    Seir,(B) his enemy, will be conquered,(C)
    but Israel(D) will grow strong.
19 A ruler will come out of Jacob(E)
    and destroy the survivors of the city.”

Balaam’s Fifth Message

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

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

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