Deuteronomy 16:12
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
Deuteronomy 16:12 in other translations
| BSB | Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes. |
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| WEB | You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt. You shall observe and do these statutes. |
| ASV | And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. |
| YLT | and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and hast observed and done these statutes. |
| DARBY | And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and thou shalt keep and do these statutes. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. |
What does Deuteronomy 16:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 16:9-12
9-12. Seven weeks shalt thou number--The feast of weeks, or a WEEK OF WEEKS: the feast of pentecost (see on Le 23:10; also see Ex 34:22; Ac 2:1). As on the second day of the passover a sheaf of new barley, reaped on purpose, was offered, so on the second day of pentecost a sheaf of new wheat was presented as first-fruits (Ex 23:16; Nu 28:26), a freewill, spontaneous tribute of gratitude to God for His temporal…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:1-17
The laws for the three yearly feasts are here repeated; that of the Passover, that of the Pentecost, that of Tabernacles; and the general law concerning the people's attendance. Never should a believer forget his low estate of guilt and misery, his deliverance, and the price it cost the Redeemer; that gratitude and joy in the Lord may be mingled with sorrow for sin, and patience under the tribulations in his way to…
Deuteronomy 16:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 16:12
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 16:15
Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose: because the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
- Lamentations 3:19-20
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
- Ephesians 2:1-3
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
- Romans 6:17-18
But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
- Ephesians 2:11
Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
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- Deuteronomy 16:11
And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
- Deuteronomy 16:12
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
- Deuteronomy 16:13
Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
Deuteronomy 16:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y acuérdate que fuiste siervo en Egipto; por tanto guardarás y cumplirás estos estatutos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tu te souviendras que tu as été serviteur en Égypte, et tu garderas et tu pratiqueras ces statuts. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und du sollst gedenken, daß du ein Knecht in Ägypten gewesen bist, und sollst diese Satzungen beobachten und tun. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et recordaberis quoniam servus fueris in Ægypto: custodiesque ac facies quæ præcepta sunt. |