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You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.
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Remember Your Redemption
Commentators agree that the command to remember slavery in Egypt is the primary motivation for generosity. John Gill explains that by recalling their own desperation, the Israelites would develop empathy for the poor. Remembering God's past redemption is meant to fuel present compassion and obedience.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare the marginal references. The motive assigned for these various acts of consideration is one and the same (Deuteronomy 24:18, 22…
19th Century
Anglican
The stranger, the fatherless, and the widow — are the subject of all the laws in these verses. For the first two ([Reference Deute…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you shall remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt When they would h…
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