12Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and follow carefully these decrees.


In Context

9 Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.

10 Then celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you.

11 And rejoice before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name-you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, the Levites in your towns, and the aliens, the fatherless and the widows living among you.

12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and follow carefully these decrees.

13 Celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.

14 Be joyful at your Feast-you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levites, the aliens, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.

Deuteronomy 16:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in Egypt: and thou shalt keep and do the things that are commanded.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and thou shalt keep and do these statutes.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:12You shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:12and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and hast observed and done these statutes.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:12And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.