Leviticus 26:13
I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
Cross-reference
Leviticus 25:38 repeats the same self-identification—'I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt'—reinforcing the covenant basis for the laws.
Leviticus 25:42 grounds the prohibition against permanent slavery in the same Exodus redemption—'they are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt'—as in Leviticus 26:13.
Leviticus 25:55 reiterates that Israel belongs to God as servants freed from Egypt, directly paralleling the covenant language of Leviticus 26:13.
Exodus 20:2 opens the Decalogue with the same self-identification—'I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt'—foundational for the covenant.
Psalm 81:6-10 recalls God removing the burden and freeing from the basket, echoing Leviticus 26:13's language of breaking the yoke and Exodus deliverance.
Jeremiah 2:20 inverts this: Israel broke the yoke of God's covenant, not the yoke of Egypt — a tragic reversal of liberation.
Ezekiel 34:27 repeats the identical promise — breaking the bars of the yoke — as a sign of restoration from captivity.
Isaiah 9:4 uses the same yoke-breaking imagery for future deliverance from Assyrian oppression — echoing the exodus pattern.
Hosea 11:4 recalls the same yoke-lifting image, but adds the tenderness of cords of kindness — a compassionate retelling of the exodus.
Psalm 116:16 declares 'you have freed me from my chains,' which parallels Leviticus 26:13's 'I broke the bars of your yoke' as a personal thanksgiving.