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Deuteronomy 16:12
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.
from The Feast of Weeks, Deuteronomy 16:9-12
What it says

Israel is to remember its slavery in Egypt and carefully keep these statutes.

What it is doing

This verse ties obedience and compassion to remembered bondage.

In context

9You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain. 10And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you, 11and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name — you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you. 12Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.