Study it in the app“And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and YHWH your Elohim redeemed you from there; that is why I am commanding you to do this thing.”
And you shall rememberוְזָכַרְתָּthatכִּיyou wereהָיִיתָa slaveעֶבֶדin EgyptבְּמִצְרַיִםandוַYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָredeemed youיִּפְדְּךָfrom there;מִשָּׁםthat is whyעַל כֵּןIאָנֹכִיam commanding youמְצַוְּךָto doלַעֲשׂוֹתthisהַזֶּהthing.הַדָּבָר
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zacharta” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayita” appearsslave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsredeem
To set someone free from slavery or danger, as God did with Israel.
Where else “yifd” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsav” appearscarry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearsEgypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
17You shall not pervert the justice due the resident alien or the orphan, and you shall not take in pledge the garment of a widow.
18 · This verse (above)
19When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to take it; it shall be for the resident alien, for the orphan, and for the widow, so that YHWH your Elohim may bless you in all the work of your hands.
