John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:21
In order to lead him into the spring and original of them, and to acquaint him with the goodness of God, which laid them under obligation to observe them: we were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt ; were brought into bondage and slavery to Pharaoh king of Egypt, into whose country their ancestors came, and where they resided many years, and at length were reduced to the utmost servitude and misery: and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand ; by the exertion of his mighty power,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:17-25
Here, I. Moses charges them to keep God's commandments themselves: You shall diligently keep God's commandments, Deut. 6:17-19. Note, It requires a great deal of care and pains to keep up religion in the power of it in our hearts and lives. Negligence will ruin us; but we cannot be saved without diligence. To induce them to this, he here shows them, 1. That this would be very acceptable to God: it is right and good in the sight of the Lord; and that is right and good indeed that is, so in... read more