Numbers 24:19

And when he looked on Amalek,.... The country of Amalek, which lay to the south of the land of Canaan, Num 13:29 and which Balaam had a view of from the mountain of Peor, where he now was:

and he…

Destroy him that remaineth of the city - i. e., shall destroy those of every city that had previously escaped. The phrase tersely describes a conqueror who first defeats his enemies in battle, and…

The office of prophets was both to bless and to prophesy in the name of the Lord. Balaam, as a prophet, per force had blessed Israel; here he foretels future events.

I. His preface is much the same as…

An obscure verse, which is perhaps a later addition to the song. It appears to look forward to a Messianic prospect of universal dominion. Some think that Num 24:18-19 are both entirely corrupt beyond…