Hearken to me, you that follow after righteousness, you that seek the LORD: look unto the rock from where you were hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.
Deuteronomy 24:22 - King James 2000 And you shall remember that you were a slave 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. |
Hearken to me, you that follow after righteousness, you that seek the LORD: look unto the rock from where you were hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.
But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there: therefore I command you to do this thing.
When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
If there is a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto 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 Pharaoh king of Egypt.