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Deuteronomy 24:22

Egypt
GratitudePoverty and the vulnerableSalvation

20 When 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.

21 When 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.

Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
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BSB
Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
KJV
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
WEB
You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I command you to do this thing.
ASV
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
DARBY
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.
BLB
And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Upon thus I command you to do this thing.
ÅB
Du skal komme i hu at du var slave i Egypt; derfor befaler jeg deg å gjøre slik.
OTB
Husk at du var slaver i landet Egypt; derfor befaler jeg deg å gjøre dette.
B1930
Du skal komme i hu at du var træl i Egyptens land; derfor byder jeg dig å gjøre således.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 24:18

    Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

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  • Deuteronomy 7:8

    But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:14–15

    but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.

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  • Ephesians 5:1–2

    Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

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  • 2 Corinthians 8:8–9

    I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.

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  • 1 John 4:10–11

    And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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  • Isaiah 51:1

    “Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

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