Deuteronomy 24:22

22 Remember how you were a slave in Egypt. That's why I am commanding you to do this thing.

Deuteronomy 24:22 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 24:22

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land
of Egypt
When they would have been glad to have enjoyed the like favours, as small as they might seem to be, even to glean in their fields, vineyards, and oliveyards;

therefore I command thee to do this thing;
to suffer the poor to take the forgotten sheaf, and to come into their oliveyards and vineyards, and gather what olives and grapes remained after the first beating of the one, and the ingathering of the other.

Deuteronomy 24:22 In-Context

20 Similarly, when you beat the olives off your olive trees, don't go back over them twice. Let the leftovers go to the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows.

21 Again, when you pick the grapes of your vineyard, don't pick them over twice. Let the leftovers go to the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows.

22 Remember how you were a slave in Egypt. That's why I am commanding you to do this thing.