Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock whence you were hewn, and to the hold of the pit whence you were dug.
Deuteronomy 24:22 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock whence you were hewn, and to the hold of the pit whence you were dug.
but you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you there: therefore I command you to do this thing.
When you gather [the grapes of] your vineyard, you shall not glean it after you: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;
but because the LORD loves you, and because he would keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, has the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Par`oh king of Egypt.