And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.

And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.

Keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: for this is why I give you orders to do this.

Remember that you also served in Egypt, and so, for this reason, I am instructing you to act in this way."

Memento quod servus fueris in terra AEgypti: idcirco praecipio tibi ut hoc facias.

And thou shalt remember that thou wast (h) a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
(h) God judged them not mindful of his beasts, unless they were beneficial to others.

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.