Then the Lord said to Moses: write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. The command to write — the first writing command in the Torah — preserves the battle's memory and its divine interpretation. Writing is the technology of long memory. Joshua is specifically named as the recipient of the written testimony — the one who fought the battle will also carry the written record of what God promised about its ultimate resolution. Revelation 3:5 promises that God will not blot out the name of the one who overcomes from the book of life — the promise to blot out Amalek's name stands as the inverse of God's promise to preserve the names of His own people.

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