God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 16:12
12Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and obey these laws carefully.
Deuteronomy 16:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
- New International Version (NIV)Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and follow carefully these decrees.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt; and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.
Context of Deuteronomy 16:12
10Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God. Bring a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you. 11Enjoy yourselves in the presence of the Lord your God along with your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, the Levites who live in your cities, the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you. Enjoy yourselves at the place the Lord your God will choose for his name to live. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and obey these laws carefully. 13After you have gathered the grain from your threshing floor and made your wine, celebrate the Festival of Booths for seven days. 14Enjoy yourselves at the festival along with your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities.
Read all of Deuteronomy 16Deuteronomy 16:12 word by word
וְזָ֣כַרְתָּ֔ כִּי־עֶ֥בֶד הָיִ֖יתָ בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ וְעָשִׂ֔יתָ אֶת־הַֽחֻקִּ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 16:12
- Deuteronomy 16:15For seven days you will celebrate this festival dedicated to the Lord your God in the place he will choose. You will enjoy yourselves, because the Lord your God will bless all your harvest and all your work.
- Deuteronomy 15:15Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God freed you. That’s why I’m giving you this command today.
- Lamentations 3:19Remember my suffering and my ⌞aimless⌟ wandering, the wormwood and poison.
- Romans 6:17You were slaves to sin. But I thank God that you have become wholeheartedly obedient to the teachings which you were given.
- Ephesians 2:1You were once dead because of your failures and sins.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 16:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-12Verses 9-12 Feast of Weeks; and Deuteronomy 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 it, which restrict the public celebration of the festivals to the sanctuary, and enjoin that the enjoyments of them should be extended to the Levites, widows, orphans, etc.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-129-12. Seven weeks shalt thou number--The feast of weeks, or a WEEK OF WEEKS: the feast of pentecost (see on Le 23:10; also see Ex 34:22; Ac 2:1). As on the second day of the passover a sheaf of new barley, reaped on purpose, was offered, so on the second day of pentecost a sheaf of new wheat was presented as first-fruits (Ex 23:16; Nu 28:26), a freewill, spontaneous tribute of gratitude to God for His temporal bounties. This feast was instituted in memory…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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