Verse 3. God lays down a rule regarding punishment of wrong-doers, and in the next verse He thinks (how good and how gracious He is!) of the humble ox treading out the grain.
Verses 5-10. It was important for an earthly people that the family name should be kept up: this would have no force with a heavenly people, the Church of God. They have no proper hopes on earth, but in heaven.
Honest weights and measures are commanded in verses 13 to 16, and the enemies of God were not to be made friends of (verses 17-19). Amalek cared nothing for God, —did not fear Him and attacked the weaker ones of the flock. It is the true character of this world under the leadership of its prince and god, Satan.