Deuteronomy 6:19

19 thrusting out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has promised.

Deuteronomy 6:19 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 6:19

To cast out all thine enemies from before thee
This the Lord promised, and as it seems with an oath, that he would do for them; drive out their enemies, and make way for the settlement of them in their country:

as the Lord hath spoken;
see ( Genesis 15:18 Genesis 15:19 Genesis 15:20 ) ( 22:17 ) ( Exodus 23:28 ) .

Deuteronomy 6:19 In-Context

17 You must diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his decrees, and his statutes that he has commanded you.

18 Do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, so that it may go well with you, and so that you may go in and occupy the good land that the Lord swore to your ancestors to give you,

19 thrusting out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has promised.

20 When your children ask you in time to come, "What is the meaning of the decrees and the statutes and the ordinances that the Lord our God has commanded you?"

21 then you shall say to your children, "We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.