[[Deut-25]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Deut-24]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Deut-26]] --- ### Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around... you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky. You shall not forget. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A divine decree that Israel will eventually eradicate the Amalekite nation once they have achieved security in the Promised Land. *Historical context*: The fulfillment began with King Saul ([[1 Sam|1 Samuel 15]]) and King David ([[1 Sam|1 Samuel 30]]). The total destruction of the 'remnant of the Amalekites' is recorded during the reign of King Hezekiah in [[1 Chron-04#v41|1 Chronicles 4:41]]-43. The symbolic and final blotting out of their influence is often identified with the execution of Haman the Agagite (a descendant of the Amalekite king Agag) in the Book of Esther. *Related to*: [[Exod-17#v14|Exodus 17:14]]-16 ### then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his sandal from off his foot... So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The enactment of the Levirate marriage law and the 'removal of the sandal' ritual to transfer or forfeit property and family obligations. *Historical context*: This legal requirement is specifically fulfilled in the narrative of [[Ruth-04#v7|Ruth 4:7]]-11. A closer kinsman-redeemer refused to marry Ruth (the widow of Mahlon) to preserve the inheritance; he removed his sandal and gave it to Boaz to certify the transfer of rights, allowing Boaz to marry Ruth and perpetuate the name of the deceased. *Related to*: [[Deut-25#v5|Deuteronomy 25:5]]-10 ### You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: A law regarding animal welfare that is later interpreted as a prophetic principle for the support of human laborers. *Historical context*: The Apostle Paul cites this specific verse in [[1 Cor-09#v9|1 Corinthians 9:9]]-10 and [[1 Tim-05#v18|1 Timothy 5:18]]. He argues that this was not merely for the sake of oxen but was written for the benefit of the church, fulfilling a spiritual principle that those who labor in the ministry (the 'oxen' of God) are entitled to material support and wages from their work. *Related to*: [[Deut-25#v4|Deuteronomy 25:4]] --- #ai_prophecy