Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.
Deuteronomy 24:22 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall [earnestly] remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this. American Standard Version (1901) And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. Common English Bible Remember how you were a slave in Egypt. That’s why I am commanding you to do this thing. Catholic Public Domain Version Remember that you also served in Egypt, and so, for this reason, I am instructing you to act in this way." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Remember that thou also wast a bondman in Egypt: and therefore I command thee to do this thing. |
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.
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.
When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgement, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;
but because the LORD loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.