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19 and that you may drive out all your enemies just as the Lord said.

Exhortation to Remember the Past

20 When your children[a] ask you later on, “What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord our God commanded you?” 21 you must say to them,[b] “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 6:20 tn Heb “your son.”
  2. Deuteronomy 6:21 tn Heb “to your son.”
  3. Deuteronomy 6:21 tn Heb “by a strong hand.” The image is that of a warrior who, with weapon in hand, overcomes his enemies. The Lord is commonly depicted as a divine warrior in the Book of Deuteronomy (cf. 5:15; 7:8; 9:26; 26:8).