Deuteronomy 24:22
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Deuteronomy 24:22 in other translations
| BSB | Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this. |
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| DARBY | And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing. |
| BBE | Keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: for this is why I give you orders to do this. |
| Webster | And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. |
What does Deuteronomy 24:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 24:19-22
19-22. When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field--The grain, pulled up by the roots or cut down with a sickle, was laid in loose sheaves; the fruit of the olive was obtained by striking the branches with long poles; and the grape clusters, severed by a hook, were gathered in the hands of the vintager. Here is a beneficent provision for the poor. Every forgotten sheaf in the harvest-field was to lie; the…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 24:14-22
It is not hard to prove that purity, piety, justice, mercy, fair conduct, kindness to the poor and destitute, consideration for them, and generosity of spirit, are pleasing to God, and becoming in his redeemed people. The difficulty is to attend to them in our daily walk and conversation.
Deuteronomy 24:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 24:22
- Deuteronomy 24:18
But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
- Deuteronomy 7:8
But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 5:14-15
But 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. And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
- Ephesians 5:1-2
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
- 2 Corinthians 8:8-9
I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
- 1 John 4:10-11
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
- Isaiah 51:1
Hearken 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.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 24:21
When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
- Deuteronomy 24:22
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Deuteronomy 24:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y acuérdate que fuiste siervo en tierra de Egipto: por tanto, yo te mando que hagas esto. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tu te souviendras que tu as été serviteur dans le pays d’Égypte; c’est pourquoi je te commande de faire cela. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und du sollst gedenken, daß du ein Knecht im Lande Ägypten gewesen bist; darum gebiete ich dir, solches zu tun. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Memento quod et tu servieris in Ægypto, et idcirco præcipio tibi ut facias hanc rem. |