What Does Deuteronomy 15:15 Mean?

“And thou shalt remember”

properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“that thou wast a bondman”

a servant

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“in the land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“of Egypt”

mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt

“redeemed”

to sever, i.e., ransom; generally to release, preserve

“and the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“thy God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner

i

“thee therefore I command”

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“thee this thing”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“to day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso