Deuteronomy 25:17

17 Remember what the Amalekites did to you on your trip from Egypt.

Deuteronomy 25:17 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 25:17

Remember what Amalek did unto thee
The Amalekites, how they came out against them, and fought with them at Rephidim, ( Exodus 17:8 ) ;

by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
which was an aggravation of their cruel and inhuman action, that they not only came out against them unprovoked, were the aggressors, and fell upon them as they were travelling on the road, but when they were just come out of Egypt, where they had been in hard bondage, and their spirits broken, and they not used to war; and so took them at all these disadvantages, a people that had not in the least injured them.

Deuteronomy 25:17 In-Context

15 Use accurate and honest weights and measures. Then you will live for a long time in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

16 Everyone who uses dishonest weights and measures is disgusting to the LORD.

17 Remember what the Amalekites did to you on your trip from Egypt.

18 They attacked you when you were tired and exhausted and killed all those who were lagging behind. They weren't afraid of God.

19 So when the LORD your God gives you peace from all your enemies around you in the land that he is giving you as your own property, don't forget to erase every memory of the Amalekites from the earth.