King James Version (KJV)
Deuteronomy 26:6
“And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 26
And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish [was] my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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