The immediate task here is to understand the covenant instruction in its own setting before asking whether later Scripture develops the same theme. No later connection should be forced merely to make the section look fuller.

The key reading question is therefore not simply, “What rule or event appears here?” but, “What does this movement teach Israel about the LORD, covenant loyalty, life in the land, and the consequences of trusting or resisting His word?”

[Test the Tradition — rejected allegory] The New Testament never says “Amalek represents the flesh,” and Galatians 5:17 does not mention Amalek. That equation is later devotional allegory, not an inspired interpretation of Deuteronomy 25. The historical/canonical Amalek judgment thread remains; the “Amalek = sinful nature” claim is not published as a formal Divine Thread.