Deuteronomy 24:18
Good News Translation
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God set you free; that is why I have given you this command.

New Revised Standard Version
Remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.

Contemporary English Version
You were slaves in Egypt until the LORD your God rescued you. That's why I am giving you these laws.

New American Bible
For, remember, you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD, your God, redeemed you from there; that is why I command you to do this.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Remember that thou wast a slave in Egypt, and the Lord thy God delivered thee from thence. Therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Remember that thou wast a slave in Egypt, and the Lord thy God delivered thee from thence. Therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Deuteronomy 24:22 Remember that thou also wast a bondman in Egypt, and therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Deuteronomy 5:15 Remember that thou also didst serve in Egypt, and the Lord thy God brought thee out from thence with a strong hand, and a stretched out arm. Therefore hath he commanded thee that thou shouldst observe the sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 15:15 Remember that thou also wast a bondservant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God made thee free, and therefore I now command thee this.

Deuteronomy 16:12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in Egypt: and thou shalt keep and do the things that are commanded.

Context
Additional Laws
17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless, neither shalt thou take away the widow's raiment for a pledge. 18Remember that thou wast a slave in Egypt, and the Lord thy God delivered thee from thence. Therefore I command thee to do this thing.19When thou hast reaped the corn in thy field, and hast forgot and left a sheaf, thou shalt not return to take it away: but thou shalt suffer the stranger, and the fatherless and the widow to take it away: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands.…
Cross References
Exodus 22:22
You shall not hurt a widow or an orphan.

Leviticus 19:33
If a stranger dwell in your land, and abide among you, do not upbraid hin:

Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless, neither shalt thou take away the widow's raiment for a pledge.

Deuteronomy 24:19
When thou hast reaped the corn in thy field, and hast forgot and left a sheaf, thou shalt not return to take it away: but thou shalt suffer the stranger, and the fatherless and the widow to take it away: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands.

Deuteronomy 24:17
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