Deuteronomy 6:21

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Deuteronomy 6:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.

20 In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”

21 then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

22 Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.

23 But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers.

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

Deuteronomy 5:6

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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 26:5

and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

Deuteronomy 26:6

But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.

Deuteronomy 26:7

So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.

Deuteronomy 26:8

Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.

Deuteronomy 26:9

And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 20:2

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Nehemiah 9:9

You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.

Nehemiah 9:10

You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.

Psalms 136:10

He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.

Psalms 136:11

and brought Israel out from among them His loving devotion endures forever.

Psalms 136:12

with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. His loving devotion endures forever.

Isaiah 51:1

“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

Jeremiah 32:20

You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.

Jeremiah 32:21

You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

Romans 6:17

But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.

Romans 6:18

You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

Ephesians 2:11

Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—

Ephesians 2:12

remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

Exodus 3:19

But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.

Exodus 13:3

So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.