Deuteronomy 16:12

12 And remebre that thou wast a seruaute in Egipte, that thou obserue and doo these ordinaunces.

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 kepe the feast of wekes vnto the Lorde thi God, that thou geue a frewilofferinge of thine hade vnto the Lord thi God acordinge as the Lorde thi God hath blessed the.

11 And reioyse before the Lorde thi God both thou, thi sonne, thi doughter, thi seruaunte and thi mayde, and the leuite that is within thi gates, and the straunger, the fatherlesse ad the wedowe that are amonge you, in the place which the Lorde thi God hath chosen to make his name dwel there.

12 And remebre that thou wast a seruaute in Egipte, that thou obserue and doo these ordinaunces.

13 Thou shalt obserue the feast of tabernacles vij. dayes longe, after that thou hast gathered in thi corne and thi wyne.

14 And thou shalt reioyse in that thi feast, both thou and thi sonne, thi doughter, thi seruaunte, thi mayde, the leuite, the straunger, the fatherlesse and the wedowe that are in thi cities.