And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man This is added to show, 1st, That to remind them of this was one principal end of this feast. 2d, As a motive to engage them to a cheerful obedience to all the other commands of God. 3d, To induce them to regard their poor servants and strangers in this feast.
Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 16:12
Deuteronomy 16:12
12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.