Deuteronomy 6:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Thou shalt say to him: We were bondmen of Pharao in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand.
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ לְבִנְךָ֔ עֲבָדִ֛ים הָיִ֥ינוּ לְפַרְעֹ֖ה בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם וַיּוֹצִיאֵ֧נוּ יְהוָ֛ה מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם בְּיָ֥ד חֲזָקָֽה׃
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- Eph 2:11For which cause be mindful that you, being heretofore gentiles is the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision in the flesh, made by hands:
- Eph 2:12That you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the conversation of Israel and strangers to the testament, having no hope of the promise and without God in this world.
- Rom 6:17But thanks be to God, that you were the servants of sin but have obeyed from the heart unto that form of doctrine into which you have been delivered.
- Rom 6:18Being then freed from sin, we have been made servants of justice.
- Ex 20:2I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- Deut 5:6I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- Deut 15:15Remember that thou also wast a bondservant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God made thee free, and therefore I now command thee this.
- Ex 3:19But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, but by a mighty hand.