Deuteronomy 25:17
in Deuteronomy 25Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt;
KJV
Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
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This verse in Deuteronomy 25
Commentary
6 notes on this verseOut of Egypt - Which circumstance greatly aggravates their sin, that they should do thus to a people, who had been long exercised with sore afflictions, to whom pity was due by the laws of nature and humanity, and for whose rescue God had in so glorious a manner appeared, which they could not be ignorant of.
This site's exposition
Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt
on Deuteronomy 25:17-19
Amalek struck the stragglers at the back when Israel was “tired and weary”, and the text adds that “they had no fear of God”. Exodus 17:14 had ordered the deed written down as a memorial, and here remembering and blotting out are commanded together. Saul is sent to carry it out at 1 Samuel 15 and spares Agag, and Esther 3:1 names Haman the Agagite generations later.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Stripes Not to Exceed Forty. 1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
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Remember what Amalek did unto thee,....
Well, here was the ground of the quarrel: and it shows how God takes what is done against his people as done against himself, and that he will particularly reckon with those that discourage and hinder young beginners in religion, that (as Satan's agents) set upon the weak and feeble, either to divert them or to disquiet them, and offend his little ones.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Remember what Amalek did--This cold-blooded and dastardly atrocity is not narrated in the previous history (Ex 17:14). It was an unprovoked outrage on the laws of nature and humanity, as well as a daring defiance of that God who had so signally shown His favor towards Israel (see on 1 Samuel 15;
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The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זָכ֕וֹר | zakhor | remember | H2142 → | 230 times |
| אֵ֛ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֥ה | ʾasah | it did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְךָ֖ | lekha | to <the> you | ||
| עֲמָלֵ֑ק | ʾamalek | Amalek | H6002 → | |
| בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ | baderekh | on the way | H1870 → | 707 times |
| בְּצֵאתְכֶ֥ם | betzetekhem | when came out you | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ | mimitzrayim | from Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
זָכ֕וֹרremember
zakhorH2142 →230 times
אֵ֛ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶׁר־[that] which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֥הit did
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
לְךָ֖to <the> you
lekha
עֲמָלֵ֑קAmalek
ʾamalekH6002 →
בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְon the way
baderekhH1870 →707 times
בְּצֵאתְכֶ֥םwhen came out you
betzetekhemH3318 →1067 times
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃from Egypt
mimitzrayimH4714 →641 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 24:20Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
it leads to
- Exodus 17:14
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
- Exodus 17:8
After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
- Judges 6:3
Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
- 1 Samuel 14:48
He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.
- 1 Samuel 30:1
On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
- Exodus 17:14
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.