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Young's Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 24:22

and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.

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.
Berean Standard Bible
Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Haue thou mynde that also thou seruedist in Egipt, and therfor Y comaunde to thee, that thou 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

14 `Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates; 15 in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he [is] poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin. 16 `Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers -- each for his own sin, they are put to death. 17 `Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow; 18 and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God doth ransom thee from thence; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing. 19 `When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgotten a sheaf in a field, thou dost not turn back to take it; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is; so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hands. 20 `When thou beatest thine olive, thou dost not examine the branch behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is. 21 `When thou cuttest thy vineyard, thou dost not glean behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is; 22 and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.

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
and Abraham saith unto his servant, the eldest of his house, who is ruling over all that he hath, `Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh,
Genesis 24:3
and I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;
Genesis 24:9
And the servant putteth his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and sweareth to him concerning this matter.
Genesis 24:10
And the servant taketh ten camels of the camels of his lord and goeth, also of all the goods of his lord in his hand, and he riseth, and goeth unto Aram-Naharaim, unto the city of Nahor;
Genesis 24:11
and he causeth the camels to kneel at the outside of the city, at the well of water, at even-time, at the time of the coming out of the women who draw water.
Genesis 24:12
And he saith, `Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, cause to meet, I pray Thee, before me this day -- (and do kindness with my lord Abraham;
Genesis 24:15
And it cometh to pass, before he hath finished speaking, that lo, Rebekah (who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, brother of Abraham) is coming out, and her pitcher on her shoulder,
Genesis 24:16
and the young person [is] of very good appearance, a virgin, and a man hath not known her; and she goeth down to the fountain, and filleth her pitcher, and cometh up.
Genesis 24:19
And she finisheth giving him drink, and saith, `Also for thy camels I draw till they have finished drinking;'
Genesis 24:23
and saith, `Whose daughter [art] thou? declare to me, I pray thee, is the house of thy father a place for us to lodge in?'

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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