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Deuteronomy 24:22

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
and you have remembered that you have been a servant in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.”
YLT
and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.
DBY
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.
DRC
Remember that thou also wast a bondman in Egypt, and therefore I command thee to do this thing.
GNV
And remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to doe this thing.
JPS
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.
LXXE
and thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְזָ֣כַרְתָּ֔ כִּי־עֶ֥בֶד הָיִ֖יתָ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם עַל־כֵּ֞ן אָנֹכִ֤י מְצַוְּךָ֙ לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת אֶת־הַדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּֽה׃
LXX-Br
καὶ μνησθήσῃ ὅτι οἰκέτης ἦσθα ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ· διὰ τοῦτο ἐγώ σοι ἐντέλλομαι ποιεῖν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 24:18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
  • 1 John 4:10–11And 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. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
  • 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.
  • 2 Corinthians 8:8–9I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became…
  • Deuteronomy 5:14–15but 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…
  • Ephesians 5:1–2Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children, and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
  • Deuteronomy 7:8But 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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