Deuteronomy 24:22

Deuteronomy Old Testament

WEB

You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.

KJV

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Commentary

Commentary

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt,.... When they would have been glad to have enjoyed the like favou rs, as small as they might seem to be, even to glean in their fields, vineyards, and oliveyards: therefore I command thee to do this thing; to suffer the poor to take the forgotten sheaf, and to come into their oliveyards and vineyards, and gather what olives and grapes remained after the first beating of the one, and the ingathering of the other. Next: Deuteronomy Chapter 25 Sacred Texts | Bible « Previous: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: Deuteronomy: ... Index Next: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: Deuteronomy: ... »