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


In Context

9 You shall count for yourselves seven weeks: from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain you shall begin to number seven weeks.

10 You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give, according as Yahweh your God blesses you:

11 and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in the midst of you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.

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

13 You shall keep the feast of tents seven days, after that you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your winepress:

14 and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:12Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and follow carefully these decrees.

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 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.