King James Version
Deuteronomy 16:12 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.”
Deuteronomy 16:12 · KJV
And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: a tribute: or, sufficiency
And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: corn: Heb. floor, and thy winepress
And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thou shalt remember”
H2142properly, 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
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“and thou shalt observe”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“these statutes”
H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
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