Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 6:21
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses directs Israelite parents to answer their children’s inquiry about God’s statutes after the conquest of Canaan.
The words — עֲבָדִים ('a.va.Dim) means “slaves,” and וַ/יּוֹצִיאֵ֧/נוּ (va/i.yo.tzi.'E./nu) translates “and he brought us out,” fixing the response in concrete historical deliverance.
The thread — Exodus 20:2 repeats the phrase “brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery” to ground the Ten Commandments, while Romans 6:17 notes that former slaves to sin obeyed a form of teaching.
Why it lands — The verse commands a parent to explicitly link present obedience to a documented national rescue, making future faithfulness a direct response to recorded liberation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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)—
- Exodus 20:2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- Nehemiah 9:9 You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.