Deuteronomy 15:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; for this reason I lay this command upon you today. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you shall [earnestly] remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I give you this command today. American Standard Version (1901) And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to-day. Common English Bible Remember how each of you was a slave in Egypt and how the LORD your God saved you. That’s why I am commanding you to do this right now. ( Catholic Public Domain Version Remember that you yourself also served in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God set you free. And therefore, I now command this of you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
Who is like your people, like Israel? Is there another nation on earth whose God went to redeem it as a people and to make a name for himself, doing great and awesome things, driving out nations and their gods before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt?
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;
Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord. Look to the rock from which you were hewn and to the quarry from which you were dug.
Therefore, the days are surely coming, says the Lord, when it shall no longer be said, “As the Lord lives who brought the people of Israel up out of the land of Egypt,”
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
Provide for him liberally out of your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress, thus giving to him some of the bounty with which the Lord your God has blessed you.
But if he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you,
Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and diligently observe these statutes.
He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.
We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.