Deuteronomy 16:12

12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

Deuteronomy 16:12 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 16:12

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt,
&c.] And now delivered from that bondage; the consideration of which should make them liberal in their freewill offering, and generous in the feast they provided, and compassionate to the stranger, widow, and fatherless:

and thou shalt observe and do these statutes;
concerning the passover, the feast of unleavened bread, and of Pentecost, and the peace offerings and the freewill offerings belonging to them: and nothing could more strongly oblige them to observe them than their redemption from their bondage in Egypt; as nothing more engages to the performance of good works than the consideration of our spiritual and eternal redemption by Christ, ( 1 Corinthians 6:19 1 Corinthians 6:20 ) ( Titus 1:14 ) ( 1 Peter 1:17-19 ) .

Deuteronomy 16:12 In-Context

10 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.

11 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 who is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are among you -- in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place His name there.

12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

13 "Thou shalt observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, after thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine;

14 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, who are within thy gates.