Sacred history presents striking examples of the Lord’s jealous care for the weakest of His children. During the journeying of Israel in the wilderness the weary and feeble ones who had fallen behind the body of the people were attacked and slain by the cowardly and cruel Amalekites. Afterward Israel made war with the Amalekites and defeated them. “And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.” Again the charge was repeated by Moses just before his death, that it might not be forgotten by his posterity: “Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.... Thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.” {5T 245.1}

Den hellige Skrift beretter mange slående eksempler på Herrens nidkære omsorg for de svageste af sine børn. Under Israels vandring i ørkenen blev de trætte og svage, som kom bagefter folkemængden, overfaldet og dræbt af de feje og grusomme amalekitter. Senere førte Israel krig mod amalekitterne og overvandt dem. »Da sagde Herren til Moses: »Optegn dette i en bog, for at det kan mindes og indskærp Josua, at jeg fuldstændig vil udslette amalekitternes minde under himmelen!« Påbudet blev på ny gentaget af Moses umiddelbart før hans død, for at det ikke skulle blive glemt af hans efterfølgere: »Kom i hu, hvad amalekitterne gjorde imod dig undervejs, da I drog bort fra Ægypten, hvorledes de kom imod dig undervejs og uden at frygte Gud huggede alle dine udmattede efternølere ned, da du var træt og mødig. Når derfor Herren din Gud giver dig ro for alle dine fjender ... da skal du udrydde ethvert minde om Amalek. Glem det ikke!«