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Deuteronomy 24:18

Deuteronomy 24:18 is verse 18 of Deuteronomy chapter 24, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

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King James Version

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.

World English Bible

but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you there. Therefore I command you to do this thing.

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Deuteronomy 24:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.

17 Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.

18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

19 If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

20 When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

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Hebrew words

וְזָכַרְתָּ֗and you will remember כִּ֣יthat עֶ֤בֶדa slave הָיִ֙יתָ֙you were בְּמִצְרַ֔יִםin Egypt וַֽיִּפְדְּךָ֛and he redeemed you יְהוָ֥הYahweh אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָGod your מִשָּׁ֑םfrom there עַלthere-כֵּ֞ן-fore אָנֹכִ֤יI מְצַוְּךָ֙[am] commanding you לַעֲשׂ֔וֹתto do אֶת<obj.>הַדָּבָ֖רthe thing הַזֶּֽה<the> this

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Deuteronomy 24:22
Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

Deuteronomy 5:15
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 15:15
Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.

Deuteronomy 16:12
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.

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