You must not go after other gods, those ¹  of the surrounding peoples,

your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse. ¹ 

When you do go across the Jordan River ¹  and settle in the land he ²  is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety. ³ 

the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth ¹  to the other).

When you come to the land the Lord your God is giving you and take it over and live in it and then say, “I will select a king like all the nations surrounding me,”

So when the Lord your God gives you relief from all the enemies who surround you in the land he ¹  is giving you as an inheritance, ²  you must wipe out the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven ³  – do not forget! ⁴