King James Version
Deuteronomy 6:23 in the King James Version says “And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.”
Deuteronomy 6:23 · King James Version
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:
And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: sore: Heb. evil
And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
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properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“And he brought us out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
“from thence that he might bring us in”
H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which he sware”
H7650to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
“unto our fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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