Deuteronomy 16:12

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 16:15 describes the blessing that follows obeying the command to remember and keep the feast.

Deuteronomy 15:15 gives the same motivation — remember slavery and redemption — for freeing slaves.

Deuteronomy 5:15 repeats the same command to remember being a bondman, here applied to Sabbath observance.

Deuteronomy 24:18 echoes the identical phrase about remembering bondage, grounding social justice commands in that redemption.

Exodus 13:3 Parallel

Exodus 13:3 gives the same command to remember coming out of Egypt, reinforcing the motive for keeping statutes.

Jeremiah 34:13 recalls the exodus from Egypt, the same foundational event that motivates the statutes in Deuteronomy 16:12.