Numbers 24:21

"He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall come to destruction.”"

Key Reflection

This verse speaks of Balaam's prophecy against Amalek, highlighting their early prominence among nations but foretelling a future of destruction. It sets up a contrast between initial power and ultimate downfall, a theme that foreshadows similar cycles in Israel’s history and provides a broader narrative about divine judgment and providence.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The Kenites -First mentionedGenesis 15:19as one of the tribes whose territory was promised to Abraham. InJudges 1:16, where we read of them as moving with the children of Judah, to establish themselves in the pastures south of Arad, Moses’ father-in-law is spoken of as a Kenite (compareJudges 4:11). It appears therefore, since Moses’ father-in-law was a prince or priest of Midian (Exodus 2:15ff), that the Kenites must have been of Midianite extraction, and so descended from Abraham through KeturahGenesis 25:2.

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