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Deuteronomy 6:19

17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,

To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.

20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?

21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.
KJV
To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
WEB
to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken.
ASV
to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken.
DARBY
thrusting out all thine enemies from before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken.
BLB
to cast out all your enemies from before you as YHWH has spoken.
ÅB
og han skal drive ut alle dine fiender for deg, slik som Herren har sagt.
OTB
ved å fjerne alle deres fiender foran dere, slik Herren har talt.
B1930
og han skal drive ut alle dine fiender for dig, således som Herren har sagt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 23:28–30

    And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

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  • Numbers 33:52–53

    Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

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  • Judges 2:1–3

    And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.

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  • Judges 3:1–4

    Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

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