Deuteronomy 25:18

how he met you by the way, and struck the hindmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God.

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In The King James Version

How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

In Context

17Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came forth out of Egypt;

19Therefore it shall be, when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky; you shall not forget.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:8Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

Proverbs 16:6By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for.By the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 25:14-19

Amalek to Be Destroyed. ( b. c. 1451.) 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God. 17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when… Read the whole commentary →

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