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Deuteronomy 24:22

Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Liberality;   Orphan;   The Topic Concordance - Greed/gluttony;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Strangers in Israel;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Poor;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Foreigner;   Freedom;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Hospitality;   Neighbor;   Poor and Poverty, Theology of;   Wealth;   Work;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Alms;   Hospitality;   Poor, Orphan, Widow;   Witness, Martyr;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Leviticus;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Harvest;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Grape;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fatherless;   Poor;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Alms;   Deuteronomy;   Mishnah;   Pe'ah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
Hebrew Names Version
You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Mitzrayim: therefore I command you to do this thing.
King James Version
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Lexham English Bible
And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, therefore I am commanding you to do this thing."
English Standard Version
You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this.
New Century Version
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt; that is why I am commanding you to do this.
New English Translation
Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt; therefore, I am commanding you to do all this.
Amplified Bible
"You shall [thoughtfully] remember [the fact] that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.
New American Standard Bible
"And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to doe this thing.
Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.
Contemporary English Version
You lived in poverty as slaves in Egypt until the Lord your God rescued you. That's why I am giving you these laws.
Complete Jewish Bible
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. That is why I am ordering you to do this.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Easy-to-Read Version
Remember you were poor slaves in Egypt. That is why I tell you to do these things for the poor.
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall remember that you were a bondman in Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.
Good News Translation
Never forget that you were slaves in Egypt; that is why I have given you this command.
Literal Translation
And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. On account of this I am commanding you to do this thing.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And thou shalt remembre, that thou wast a seruaunt in the londe of Egipte: therfore comaunde I the to do this.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Bible in Basic English
Keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: for this is why I give you orders to do this.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And remember that thou also wast a seruaunt in the lande of Egypt: & therfore I comaunde thee to do this thing.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therfore I command thee to doe this thing.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if thou shouldest gather thine olives, thou shalt not return to collect the remainder; it shall be for the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, and thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Haue thou mynde that also thou seruedist in Egipt, and therfor Y comaunde to thee, that thou do this thing.
Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.
Update Bible Version
And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
World English Bible
You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.
New King James Version
And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.
New Living Translation
Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. That is why I am giving you this command.
New Life Bible
Remember that you were servants in the land of Egypt. Because of this, I am telling you to do this.
New Revised Standard
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
so shalt thou remember that a servant, becamest thou in the land of Egypt, - therefore, am I commending thee to do this thing.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Remember that thou also wast a bondman in Egypt, and therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Revised Standard Version
You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

Contextual Overview

14Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. 15You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. 16Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin. 17Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's cloak as security. 18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this. 19If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. 21When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. 22Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 24:18, Deuteronomy 5:14, Deuteronomy 5:15, Deuteronomy 7:8, Isaiah 51:1, 2 Corinthians 8:8, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Ephesians 5:1, Ephesians 5:2, 1 John 4:10, 1 John 4:11

Reciprocal: Exodus 13:3 - Remember

Cross-References

Genesis 24:2
So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, "Place your hand under my thigh,
Genesis 24:3
and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
Genesis 24:9
So the servant placed his hand under his master Abraham's thigh and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor's hometown in Mesopotamia.
Genesis 24:11
As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town, at the time when the women went out to draw water.
Genesis 24:12
"O LORD, God of my master Abraham," he prayed, "please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
Genesis 24:15
Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.
Genesis 24:16
Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.
Genesis 24:19
After she had given him a drink, she said, "I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink."
Genesis 24:23
"Whose daughter are you?" he asked. "Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt,.... When they would have been glad to have enjoyed the like favours, as small as they might seem to be, even to glean in their fields, vineyards, and oliveyards;

therefore I command thee to do this thing; to suffer the poor to take the forgotten sheaf, and to come into their oliveyards and vineyards, and gather what olives and grapes remained after the first beating of the one, and the ingathering of the other.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal references. The motive assigned for these various acts of consideration is one and the same Deuteronomy 24:18, Deuteronomy 24:22.


 
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