Deuteronomy 26:6

6 and the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us and laid upon us hard bondage.

Deuteronomy 26:6 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 26:6

And the Egyptians evil entreated us
Ordered their male children to be killed by the midwives, and by another edict to be drowned by the people:

and afflicted us;
by setting taskmasters over them, who put heavy burdens upon them:

and laid upon us hard bondage;
in mortar and brick, and all manner of field service, in which they made them serve with rigour, and whereby their lives were made bitter; see ( Exodus 1:9-22 ) .

Deuteronomy 26:6 In-Context

4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.

5 Then thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, My father, the Syrian, perishing of hunger went down into Egypt and sojourned there with a few and became there a nation, great, mighty, and many;

6 and the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us and laid upon us hard bondage.

7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice and looked on our affliction and our labour and our oppression.

8 And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terribleness and with signs and with wonders;