Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came out of Egypt;
Parallel translations
- KJV Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
- BSB Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
- NKJV “Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt,
- NASB “Remember what Amalek did to you on the way when you came out of Egypt,
- NLT “Never forget what the Amalekites did to you as you came from Egypt.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Exod 17:8–16Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
- Num 24:20He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, But his latter end shall come to destruction.”
- Num 25:17–18“Harass the Midianites, and strike them,
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