Deuteronomy 15:15

15:15 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore, I am commanding you to do this thing today.

Deuteronomy 16:12

16:12 Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.

Deuteronomy 24:18-22

24:18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do all this. 24:19 Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, ¹  you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the Lord your God may bless all the work you do. ²  24:20 When you beat your olive tree you must not repeat the procedure; ³  the remaining olives belong to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow. 24:21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; ⁴  they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow. 24:22 Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt; therefore, I am commanding you to do all this.

Isaiah 51:1-2

There is Hope for the Future

51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, ⁵ 

who seek the Lord!

Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,

at the quarry ⁶  from which you were dug! ⁷ 

51:2 Look at Abraham, your father,

and Sarah, who gave you birth. ⁸ 

When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, ⁹ 

but I blessed him ¹⁰  and gave him numerous descendants. ¹¹ 

Ephesians 2:11-12

New Life Corporately

2:11 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh – who are called “uncircumcision” by the so-called “circumcision” that is performed on the body ¹²  by human hands – 2:12 that you were at that time without the Messiah, ¹³  alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, ¹⁴  having no hope and without God in the world.

¹ tn Heb “in the field.”

² tn Heb “of your hands.” This law was later applied in the story of Ruth who, as a poor widow, was allowed by generous Boaz to glean in his fields (Ruth 2:1-13).

³ tn Heb “knock down after you.”

⁴ tn Heb “glean after you.”

⁵ tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “justice”; NLT “hope for deliverance.”

⁶ tn Heb “the excavation of the hole.”

⁷ sn The “rock” and “quarry” refer here to Abraham and Sarah, the progenitors of the nation.

⁸ sn Although Abraham and Sarah are distant ancestors of the people the prophet is addressing, they are spoken of as the immediate parents.

⁹ tn Heb “one”; NLT “was alone”; TEV “was childless.”

¹⁰ tn “Bless” may here carry the sense of “endue with potency, reproductive power.” See Gen 1:28.

¹¹ tn Heb “and I made him numerous.”

¹² tn Grk “in the flesh.”

¹³ tn Or “without Christ.” Both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.” Because the context refers to ancient Israel’s messianic expectation, “Messiah” was employed in the translation at this point rather than “Christ.”

¹⁴ tn Or “covenants of the promise.”