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And you shall rememberוְזָכַרְתָּthatכִּיyou wereהָיִיתָa slaveעֶבֶדin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt;מִצְרָיִםthat is whyעַל כֵּןIאָנֹכִיam commanding youמְצַוְּךָto doלַעֲשׂוֹתthisהַזֶּהthing.הַדָּבָר
Deuteronomy 24:22
Study it in the app“And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; that is why I am commanding you to do this thing.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 24:22, word by word
- And you shall rememberזָכַרְתָּzacharta
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zacharta” appears- you wereהָיִיתָhayita
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayita” appears- a slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- am commanding youמְצַוְּmetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsav” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appears- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
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).
The context
21When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean after you; it shall be for the resident alien, for the orphan, and for the widow.
22 · This verse (above)