And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Study Helps
Interpretation
There is some variation here from Ex 20 as between the Lord's prayer in Mt 6 and Lu. It is more necessary that we tie ourselves to the things, than to the words unalterably.
Read with
This thought runs through Deuteronomy 5:13-15.
Glossary
- Egypt Place
- The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.