Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 24:22
Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses Israel on the plains of Moab, concluding the covenant code before the conquest. The command immediately follows instructions to leave unharvested grapes for the foreigner, fatherless, and widow during the grape harvest.
The words — The Hebrew verb זָכַרְתָּ (za.khar.ta) means "you will remember," paired with עֶבֶד ('e.ved, "slave") and כֵּן (ken, "therefore"). These terms directly tie the agricultural regulation to Israel’s historical experience.
The thread — The text links the memory of Egyptian slavery to a specific command in Deuteronomy 24:18. Deuteronomy 5:14 and 7:8 also reference the exodus, but only 24:18 explicitly pairs the slavery reminder with a direct command structure.
Why it lands — The text requires practical provision for vulnerable people because God delivered Israel from bondage. The command functions as a direct application of historical redemption rather than an abstract ethical principle.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 24:18 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.
- Deuteronomy 5:14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.
- Deuteronomy 7:8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
- 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.
- 2 Corinthians 8:8 I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.
- Ephesians 5:1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
- 1 John 4:10 And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.