Deuteronomy 16:12
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New International Version (©2011)
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and follow carefully these decrees.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, so be careful to obey all these decrees.

English Standard Version (©2001)
You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt; and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt; carefully follow these statutes."

International Standard Version (©2012)
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, so keep and observe these statutes."

NET Bible (©2006)
Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and obey these laws carefully.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.

American King James Version
And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in Egypt: and thou shalt keep and do the things that are commanded.

Darby Bible Translation
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and thou shalt keep and do these statutes.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

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

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and hast observed and done these statutes.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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 the kingdom of heaven. They must rejoice in their receivings from God, and in their returns of service and sacrifice to him; our duty must be our delight, as well as our enjoyment. If those who were under the law must rejoice before God, much more we that are under the grace of the gospel; which makes it our duty to rejoice evermore, to rejoice in the Lord always. When we rejoice in God ourselves, we should do what we can to assist others also to rejoice in him, by comforting the mourners, and supplying those who are in want. All who make God their joy, may rejoice in hope, for He is faithful that has promised.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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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The Feast of Weeks
…10And you shall keep the feast of weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give to the LORD your God, according as the LORD your God has blessed you: 11And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD your God has chosen to place his name there. 12And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.

Deuteronomy 15:15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you. That is why I give you this command today.
Deuteronomy 16:13 Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.