Deuteronomy 6:21-22

6:21 you must say to them, ¹  “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way. ²  6:22 And he ³  brought signs and great, devastating wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on his whole family ⁴  before our very eyes.

Deuteronomy 16:12

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

Deuteronomy 1:30

1:30 The Lord your God is about to go ⁵  ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt ⁶ 

Deuteronomy 24:18

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.

Deuteronomy 4:34

4:34 Or has God ⁷  ever before tried to deliver ⁸  a nation from the middle of another nation, accompanied by judgments, ⁹  signs, wonders, war, strength, power, ¹⁰  and other very terrifying things like the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

[6:21]  ¹ tn Heb “to your son.”

[6:21]  ² tn Heb “by a strong hand.” The image is that of a warrior who, with weapon in hand, overcomes his enemies. The Lord is commonly depicted as a divine warrior in the Book of Deuteronomy (cf. 5:15; 7:8; 9:26; 26:8).

[6:22]  ³ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on the word “his” in v. 17.

[6:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “house,” referring to the entire household.

[1:30]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew participle indicates imminent future action here, though some English versions treat it as a predictive future (“will go ahead of you,” NCV; cf. also TEV, CEV).

[1:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to all which he did for you in Egypt before your eyes.”

[4:34]  ⁷ tn The translation assumes the reference is to Israel’s God in which case the point is this: God’s intervention in Israel’s experience is unique in the sense that he has never intervened in such power for any other people on earth. The focus is on the uniqueness of Israel’s experience. Some understand the divine name here in a generic sense, “a god,” or “any god.” In this case God’s incomparability is the focus (cf. v. 35, where this theme is expressed).

[4:34]  ⁸ tn Heb “tried to go to take for himself.”

[4:34]  ⁹ tn Heb “by testings.” The reference here is the judgments upon Pharaoh in the form of plagues. See Deut 7:19 (cf. v. 18) and 29:3 (cf. v. 2).

[4:34]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “by strong hand and by outstretched arm.”