Deuteronomy 24:22
in Deuteronomy 24Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
KJV
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 24
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field--The grain, pulled up by the roots or cut down with a sickle, was laid in loose sheaves; the fruit of the olive was obtained by striking the branches with long poles; and the grape clusters, severed by a hook, were gathered in the hands of the vintager. Here is a beneficent provision for the poor.
This site's exposition
If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there
on Deuteronomy 24:19-22
Leviticus 19:9-10 and 23:22 left the corners and the gleanings, and this law adds the forgotten sheaf. What is lost by accident becomes the portion of the poor.
This site's exposition
slaves in the land of Egypt
Verse 18 set this memory under justice in the courts, and verse 22 sets it under the harvest. The owner never learns who gathers what he leaves, and Henry counsels him to trust God's providence to send it to the needy. The gleaner still works for it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
"Say not, 'What should the poor do with grapes and olives? It is enough for them to have bread and water;' for, since they have the same senses that the rich have, why should not they have so me little share of the delights of sense?" Boaz ordered handfuls of corn to be left on purpose for Ruth, and God blessed him. All that is left is not lost.
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.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְזָ֣כַרְתָּ֔ | vezakharta | and you will remember | H2142 → | 230 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עֶ֥בֶד | ʾeved | a slave | H5650 → | 799 times |
| הָיִ֖יתָ | hayita | you were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | there- | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כֵּ֞ן | ken | -fore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| אָנֹכִ֤י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| מְצַוְּךָ֙ | metzavekha | [am] commanding you | H6680 → | 494 times |
| לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת | laasot | to do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַדָּבָ֖ר | hadavar | the thing | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ ס | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
וְזָ֣כַרְתָּ֔and you will remember
vezakhartaH2142 →230 times
כִּי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
עֶ֥בֶדa slave
ʾevedH5650 →799 times
הָיִ֖יתָyou were
hayitaH1961 →3559 times
בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
עַל־there-
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כֵּ֞ן-fore
kenH3651 →771 times
אָנֹכִ֤יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
מְצַוְּךָ֙[am] commanding you
metzavekhaH6680 →494 times
לַעֲשׂ֔וֹתto do
laasotH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַדָּבָ֖רthe thing
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
הַזֶּֽה׃ ס<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 7:8But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand…
it leads to
- Exodus 20:2
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Ephesians 2:4–5
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
- Exodus 32:13
Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will…
- Exodus 20:2
Through
Isaiah 51:1“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
it leads to
- Isaiah 51:7
Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.
- Psalms 94:15
Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
- Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
- Psalms 105:3–4
Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
- Romans 14:19
So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
- Isaiah 51:7
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.