Deuteronomy 25:18

how he encountered thee by the way and cut off in thy rear all the worn-out behind thee, thou thyself, being weary and worn,—how he feared not God.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 that which Amalek did unto thee by the way when ye came forth out of Egypt;

19Therefore shall it be when Yahweh thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee for an inheritance to possess it, then shalt thou wipe out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens,—thou shalt not forget.

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Cross References

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

Nehemiah 5:15whereas, the former pashas, who were before me, suffered themselves to be a burden upon the people, and took from them in bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver, even, their young men, bare rule over the people,—but, I, did not so, because of the fear of God.

Proverbs 16:6By lovingkindness and fidelity, shall iniquity be covered, and, in the revering of Yahweh, is a turning away from wrong.

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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