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Numbers 24:20 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Numbers 24:20 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Numbers chapter 24 verse 20 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. the nations: the nations that warred against Israel that: or, even to destruction”
Numbers 24:20 (KJV)
Commentary on 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—Balaam's oracle (מָשָׁל mashal, proverb/prophecy) against Amalek declares their status as first of the nations (רֵאשִׁית גּוֹיִם reshit goyim)—chronologically Israel's first enemy (Exodus 17:8-16), not greatest. The prophetic latter end (אַחֲרִיתוֹ acharito) promises complete destruction (עֲדֵי אֹבֵד adei oved, 'unto perishing').This judgment fulfilled God's decree: 'I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven' (Exodus 1...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Numbers 24:20
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“Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.”
“when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day”
“one of the eunuchs who were with the king said”
“when Israel had sown”
“and made a raid on the Geshurites”
“Yah has sworn: 'Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.'”
“except four hundred young men”
“and struck the Amalekites”
“Then came Amalek”
“and have lived there to this day.”