📜WEB · Deuteronomy 6:19
What does Deuteronomy 6:19 mean?
"to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken."
— Deuteronomy 6:19 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
You shall do that which is right and good in Yahweh’s sight; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,
to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.
When your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you mean?”
then you shall tell your son, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt. Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;
and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
Explanation
Deuteronomy 6:19 is the closing phrase of a longer sentence that begins in verse 17: "You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God... that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land... to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken." In plain language, Moses is telling the people that if they carefully obey God's commands and do what is right and good in His sight, then God himself will drive out the nations occupying the land of Canaan so that Israel can take possession of
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