Num 24:20 | NET2full | STEP | Then Balaam looked on Amalek and delivered this oracle : “ Amalek was the first of the nations , but his end will be that he will perish .”

‏ Numbers 24:20

Balaam’s Final Prophecies

20 Then Balaam ^{▼▼tn Heb “he”; the referent (Balaam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} looked on Amalek and delivered this oracle: ^{▼▼tn Heb “and he lifted up his oracle and said.” So also in vv. 21, 23.}
“Amalek was the first ^{▼▼sn This probably means that it held first place, or it thought that it was “the first of the nations.” It was not the first, either in order or greatness.} of the nations,
but his end will be that he will perish.”