Deuteronomy 5:15 (WEB)
You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
Catechism · 3
The Ten Commandments
“Exodus and Deuteronomy.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Deut 5:6-22.
“You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out thence with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm.” — Catechism footnote: Deut 5:15.
The Third Commandment
“Scripture also reveals in the Lord's day a memorial of Israel's liberation from bondage in Egypt: "You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out thence with mighty hand and outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day."” — Catechism footnote: Deut 5:15.
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“xviii. 9–12, v. 14, 15.” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“Nor should I think it was any other law which they thus vindicated, than the one in which they remembered the existence of the prescript touching “the day of the sabbaths.”” — editor's note: See Ex. xx. 8; Deut. v. 12, 15: in LXX.
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Aphrahat
“So they made them a calf and worshipped it, and they remembered not God Who brought them up from Egypt by means of Moses with a mighty hand and an uplifted arm.” — editor's note: Deut. v. 15.
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Catechism §2057.
