Deuteronomy 6:23
in Deuteronomy 6But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers.
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ASV
and he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
KJV
And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 6
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders
on Deuteronomy 6:22-23
The answer runs from the signs and wonders to the reason for them in one sentence. He brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, which makes the exodus a means toward something else.
This site's exposition
He brought us out from there
The son learns to see the land as the goal of the rescue. Charles Spurgeon preached on this verse under the title Brought Out to Be Brought In. John Gill reads the bringing in as the keeping of the oath made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And he brought us out from thence,.... By means of those miraculous plagues, even out of a state of bondage and misery: and in order that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers; to bring them into the land of Canaan, give it to them, and put them in the possession of it; and so fulfil his promise and his oath made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
The children must be often told of the deplorable state their ancestors were in when they were bondmen in Egypt, the great salvation God wrought for them in fetching them out thence, and that God, in giving them these peculiar statutes, meant to perpetuate the memorial of that work of wonder, by which they were formed into a peculiar people.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2511: “Brought Out to Be Brought In” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
proposed
OUR text occurs in the passage where the Israelites are told to personally instruct their children concerning the testimonies and statutes and judgments of the Lord. When they asked the meaning of the various ordinances of God's House, their parents were to tell them—not to refer them to the priest—they were, themselves, to instruct their children in the things of God. In our own case, however much we may love and appreciate the Sunday school system—and we cannot love it too much—I hope we shall never forget that the first duty towards the child belongs to the parent. Fathers and mothers are the most natural agents for God to use in the salvation of their children. I am sure that, in my early youth, no teaching ever had such an impression upon my mind as the instruction of my mother—neither can I conceive that to any child there can be one who will have such influence over the young heart as the mother who has so tenderly cared for her offspring. We should especially tell our children our own experience, for so it is enjoined in this passage—"When your son asks you in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God has commanded you? Then you shall say unto your son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand." Perhaps, my Friend, there is no testimony that you can bear which will be so useful, so interesting and so striking, as the testimony of what you have, yourself, seen and handled of the Word of Life. Tell the Gospel as you find it in the Bible, but set it in the frame of your own experience of its preciousness! Tell your son how you sinned and how the Lord had mercy upon you. Tell him how He met with you, how you were brought to seek His face, how you were born again, how you received a new heart and a right spirit.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאוֹתָ֖נוּ | veotanu | and <obj.> us | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הוֹצִ֣יא | hotzi' | he brought out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִשָּׁ֑ם | misham | from there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| לְמַ֙עַן֙ | lemaan | so as | H4616 → | 272 times |
| הָבִ֣יא | havi' | to bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֹתָ֔נוּ | ʾotanu | <obj.> us | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לָ֤תֶת | latet | to give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָ֙נוּ֙ | lanu | to us | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִשְׁבַּ֖ע | nishba' | he swore | H7650 → | 186 times |
| לַאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃ | laavoteinu | to ancestors our | H1 → | 1212 times |
וְאוֹתָ֖נוּand <obj.> us
veotanuH853 →10935 times
הוֹצִ֣יאhe brought out
hotzi'H3318 →1067 times
מִשָּׁ֑םfrom there
mishamH8033 →834 times
לְמַ֙עַן֙so as
lemaanH4616 →272 times
הָבִ֣יאto bring
havi'H935 →2568 times
אֹתָ֔נוּ<obj.> us
ʾotanuH853 →10935 times
לָ֤תֶתto give
latetH5414 →2011 times
לָ֙נוּ֙to us
lanu
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאָ֔רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נִשְׁבַּ֖עhe swore
nishba'H7650 →186 times
לַאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃to ancestors our
laavoteinuH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 6:10And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you…
it leads to
- Joshua 24:13
So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you…
- Psalms 105:44
He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
- Nehemiah 9:25
They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat…
- Genesis 26:3
Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath…
- Psalms 78:55
He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
- Joshua 24:13
Through
Deuteronomy 1:8See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”
it leads to
- Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- Genesis 15:18
Through
Deuteronomy 6:18Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:40
Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your…
- Deuteronomy 4:40
Through
Exodus 13:5And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and…
it leads to
- Exodus 3:8
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and…
- Exodus 3:8
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2511: “Brought Out to Be Brought In” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.