Deuteronomy 24:22
Good News Translation
Never forget that you were slaves in Egypt; that is why I have given you this command.

New Revised Standard Version
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this.

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

New American Bible
For remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt; that is why I command you to do this.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Remember that thou also wast a bondman in Egypt, and therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Deuteronomy 24:18 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 5:14,15 The seventh is the day of the sabbath, that is, the rest of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not do any work therein, thou nor thy son nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant nor thy maidservant, nor thy ox, nor thy ass, nor any of thy beasts, nor the stranger that is within thy gates: that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest, even as thyself. . . .

Deuteronomy 7:8 But because the Lord hath loved you, and hath kept his oath, which he swore to your fathers: and hath brought you out with a strong hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao the king of Egypt.

Isaiah 51:1 Give ear to me, you that follow that which is just, and you that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you are dug out.

2 Corinthians 8:8,9 I speak not as commanding: but by the carefulness of others, approving also the good disposition of your charity. . . .

Ephesians 5:1,2 Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children: . . .

1 John 4:10,11 In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins. . . .

Context
Additional Laws
21If thou make the vintage of thy vineyard, thou shalt not gather the clusters that remain, but they shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 22Remember that thou also wast a bondman in Egypt, and therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:21
If thou make the vintage of thy vineyard, thou shalt not gather the clusters that remain, but they shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

Deuteronomy 25:1
If there be a controversy between men, and they call upon the judges: they shall give the prize of justice to him whom they perceive to be just: and him whom they find to be wicked, they shall condemn of wickedness.

Deuteronomy 24:21
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