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19 So when the Lord your God gives you relief from all the enemies who surround you in the land he[a] is giving you as an inheritance,[b] you must wipe out the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven[c]—do not forget![d]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 25:19 tn Heb “ the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
  2. Deuteronomy 25:19 tn The Hebrew text includes “to possess it.”
  3. Deuteronomy 25:19 tn Or “from beneath the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
  4. Deuteronomy 25:19 sn This command is fulfilled in 1 Sam 15:1-33.