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Deuteronomy 16:12

Deuteronomy 16:12
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt,.... And now delivered from that bondage; the consideration of which should make them liberal in their freewill offering, and generous in the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Deuteronomy 16:9-12

Feast of Weeks; and Deu 16:13-17, Feast of Tabernacles. Nothing is here added to the rules given in Leviticus and Numbers except the clauses so often recurring in Deuteronomy and so characteristic of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 16:1-17

Much of the communion between God and his people Israel was kept up, and a face of religion preserved in the nation, by the three yearly feasts, the institution of which, and the laws concerning them,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And thou shalt remember, etc.] See on Deu 15:15. This clause is not relevant to the whole law, but only to the inclusion under it of the bondservant, Deu 16:16. It can hardly be original, and as the…