Positive Commandment #599 of 613
Remember what Amalek did to the Israelites
Commandment #599 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 25:17, classified under War and Battles in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"Remember what Amalek did to you along the way when you came out from Egypt,”
— Deuteronomy 25:17
Hebrew
יז זָכוֹר, אֵת אֲשֶׁר-עָשָׂה לְךָ עֲמָלֵק, בַּדֶּרֶךְ, בְּצֵאתְכֶם מִמִּצְרָיִם.
Greek (Septuagint)
17 Μνήσθητι ὅσα ἐποίησέν σοι Αμαληκ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἐκπορευομένου σου ἐξ Αἰγύπτου,
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- War and Battles
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 25
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tetze
- Mishneh Torah
- JudgesKings and Wars
Related Commandments in “War and Battles”
#164: Do not prevent a third-generation Egyptian convert from marrying into the Covenant people
Deuteronomy 23:7
#165: Do not refrain from marrying a third generation Edomite convert
Deuteronomy 23:7
#596: Destroy the seven Canaanite nations
Deuteronomy 20:17
#597: Do not let any of the seven Canaanite nations remain alive
Deuteronomy 20:16
#598: Wipe out the descendants of Amalek
Deuteronomy 25:19
#600: Do not forget Amalek's atrocities and ambush on our journey from Egypt in the desert
Deuteronomy 25:19
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