Numbers 24:20 meaning and explanation

Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

Numbers 24:20, Berean Standard Bible

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Balaam, a non-Israelite seer hired by King Balak to curse Israel, has instead been compelled by God to bless them. In this fourth oracle he turns to Amalek, Israel's ancestral enemy who attacked the weak stragglers on the exodus road.

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