Deuteronomy 16:12
What does Deuteronomy 16:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 16:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And you will keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: and you will take care to keep all these laws.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and hast observed and done these statutes.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in Egypt: and thou shalt keep and do the things that are commanded.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and thou shalt keep and do these statutes.
Context
v.11and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
v.12This passage
v.13Thou shalt keep the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 15:15
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to-day.
- Ephesians 2:1
And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
- Deuteronomy 16:15
Seven days shalt thou keep a feast unto Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah shall choose; because Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the work of thy hands, and thou shalt be altogether joyful.
- Romans 6:17
But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;
- Ephesians 2:11
Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;
- Lamentations 3:19
Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
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