📜WEB · Deuteronomy 26:6
What does Deuteronomy 26:6 mean?
"The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us."
— Deuteronomy 26:6 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
You shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and tell him, “I profess today to Yahweh your God, that I have come to the land which Yahweh swore to our fathers to give us.”
The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before Yahweh your God’s altar.
You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.
The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us.
Then we cried to Yahweh, the God of our fathers. Yahweh heard our voice, and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.
Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, with great terror, with signs, and with wonders;
and he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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