Deuteronomy - 16:12



12 You shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 16:12.

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And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in Egypt: and thou shalt keep and do the things that are commanded.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and thou shalt keep and do these statutes.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and hast observed and done these statutes.
And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.
And you will keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: and you will take care to keep all these laws.
And you shall recall that you were a servant in Egypt. And you shall preserve and carry out the things that have been instructed.
Et recordaberis quod servus fueris in Aegypto, propterea custodies ac facies statuta haec.

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And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt,.... And now delivered from that bondage; the consideration of which should make them liberal in their freewill offering, and generous in the feast they provided, and compassionate to the stranger, widow, and fatherless:
and thou shalt observe and do these statutes; concerning the passover, the feast of unleavened bread, and of Pentecost, and the peace offerings and the freewill offerings belonging to them: and nothing could more strongly oblige them to observe them than their redemption from their bondage in Egypt; as nothing more engages to the performance of good works than the consideration of our spiritual and eternal redemption by Christ, 1-Corinthians 6:19.

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