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Numbers 24:18-20
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Numbers 24:18-20
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
18 Edom will be dispossessed,
and no survivor is left in Seir.
Israel will act boldly,
19 and Jacob will rule his foes.
20 Upon seeing Amalek, Balaam recited his poem:
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- 24:20 First: lit., “the beginning.” In the Bible, Amalek is a people indigenous to Palestine and therefore considered as of great antiquity. There is a deliberate contrast here between the words “first” and “end.”
Numbers 24:18-20
New International Version
Numbers 24:18-20
New International Version
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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