¹⁶ He said, “Because hands were lifted up against^[a] the throne of the Lord,^[b] the Lord will be at war against the Amalekites^(A) from generation to generation.”^(B)

⁷ However, if a man does not want to marry his brother’s wife,^(A) she shall go to the elders at the town gate^(B) and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to carry on his brother’s name in Israel. He will not fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to me.”^(C)

¹⁹ When the Lord your God gives you rest^(A) from all the enemies^(B) around you in the land he is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the name of Amalek^(C) from under heaven. Do not forget!