Deuteronomy 16:12

WEB

You shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.

KJV

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

Commentary

Commentary

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 feast they provided, and compassionate to the stranger, widow, and fatherless: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes; concerning the passover, the feast of unleavened bread, and of Pentecost, and the peace offerings and the freewill offerings belonging to them: and nothing could more strongly oblige them to observe them than their redemption from their bondage in Egypt; as nothing more engages to the performance of good works than the consideration of our spiritual and eternal redemption by Christ, Co1 6:19 .