Deuteronomy 6:19

19 by 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 shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.

18 And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and take possession of the good land which the LORD swore to give to your fathers

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

20 "When your son asks you in time to come, 'What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the ordinances which the LORD our God has commanded you?'

21 then you shall say to your son, 'We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;