KJV King James Version
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
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Deuteronomy 15:15
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.
WEB World English Bible
You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you: therefore I command you this thing today.
ASV American Standard Version
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to-day.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God doth ransom thee; therefore I am commanding thee this thing to-day.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 15
12 [And] if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: [of that] wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust [it] through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant [to thee], in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
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וְזָכַרְתָּ֗H2142 · za.kharto rememberכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforעֶ֤בֶדH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveהָיִ֙יתָ֙H1961 · ha.yahto beבְּאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמִצְרַ֔יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptוַֽיִּפְדְּךָ֖H6299 · pa.dahto ransomיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָH430 · e.lo.himGodעַל־H5921 · aluponכֵּ֞ןH3651 · kenrightאָנֹכִ֧יH595 · a.no.khiIמְצַוְּךָ֛H6680 · tsa.vahto commandאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַדָּבָ֥רH1697 · da.varwordהַזֶּ֖הH2088 · zehthisהַיּֽוֹם׃H3117 · yomday
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 16:12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.1 John 4:9-11In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.Ephesians 2:12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:Ephesians 4:32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.Isaiah 51:1Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock [whence] ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit [whence] ye are digged.Matthew 18:32-33Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:Deuteronomy 5:14-15But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.1 John 3:16Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.Exodus 20:2I [am] the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.Matthew 6:14-15For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:Ephesians 1:7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
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