Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Deuteronomy 5:6

I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

KJV

Ego Dominus Deus tuus, qui eduxi te de terra Ægypti, de domo servitutis.

Vulgate

Ἐγώ Κύριος ὁ θεός σου ὁ ἐξαγαγών σε ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, ἐξ οἴκου δουλίας.

LXX

I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

ASV

אָֽנֹכִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔י/ךָ אֲשֶׁ֧ר הוֹצֵאתִ֛י/ךָ מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם מִ/בֵּ֥ית עֲבָדִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×

Typology

Historic Christian voices

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§431In the history of salvation God was not content to deliver Israel "out of the house of bondage"20 by bringing them out of Egypt. He also saves them from their sin. Because sin is always an offence against God, only he can forgive it.21 For this reason Israel, becoming more and more aware of the universality of sin, will no longer be able to seek salvation except by invoking the…
§2056The word "Decalogue" means literally "ten words."11 God revealed these "ten words" to his people on the holy mountain. They were written "with the finger of God,"12 unlike the other commandments written by Moses.13 They are pre-eminently the words of God. They are handed on to us in the books of Exodus 14 and Deuteronomy.15 Beginning with the Old Testament, the sacred books ref…
§2061The Commandments take on their full meaning within the covenant. According to Scripture, man's moral life has all its meaning in and through the covenant. the first of the "ten words" recalls that God loved his people first: Since there was a passing from the paradise of freedom to the slavery of this world, in punishment for sin, the first phrase of the Decalogue, the first wo…
Q. What does the Lord say in his law? A. God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Honor your father and your mother. You …
For the instruction and memory of man, God has given his law, which is expressed in the Decalogue, and which holy men of God before Moses had received from the tradition of the fathers. We teach that in this law the will of God is explained to us: what he wills and what he does not will, what is good and just and what is evil and unjust. We therefore confess that the law is goo…

Cross-references

  • Deut 4:4 — But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
  • Deut 5:15 — And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded the
  • Deut 6:4 — Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
  • Deut 6:21 — Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
  • Exod 13:3 — And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leaven
  • Exod 20:2 — I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
  • Exod 20:2 — I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
  • Ezek 16:4 — And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
  • Ezek 20:19 — I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
  • Lev 26:1 — Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
  • Ps 81:5 — This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.