Numbers 24:19-21
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
19 Out of Jacob shall one (One) come having dominion and shall destroy the remnant from the city.
20 [Balaam] looked at Amalek and took up his [prophetic] utterance, and said: Amalek is the foremost of the [neighboring] nations, but in his latter end he shall [a]come to destruction.
21 And he looked at the Kenites and took up his [prophetic] utterance, and said: Strong is your dwelling place, and you set your nest in the rock.
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- Numbers 24:20 After the time of David (who was forced to rescue two of his wives from Amalekite bandits, I Sam. 30:18), the Amalekites are mentioned again only in Hezekiah’s time (I Chron. 4:43), before “they disappear from the field of history... So that the word of God here also stood fast; and the first of the surrounding tribes who impiously sought to measure their strength with the cause and people of God were likewise the first to lose their national existence” (Patrick Fairbairn, ed., The Imperial Bible-dictionary).
Numbers 24:19-21
New International Version
19 A ruler will come out of Jacob(A)
and destroy the survivors of the city.”
Balaam’s Fifth Message
20 Then Balaam saw Amalek(B) and spoke his message:
“Amalek was first among the nations,
but their end will be utter destruction.”(C)
Balaam’s Sixth Message
21 Then he saw the Kenites(D) and spoke his message:
“Your dwelling place is secure,(E)
your nest is set in a rock;
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