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De 6:10 Strong Concordance And it shall be, when the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall have brought [0935] thee into the land [0776] which he sware [07650] unto thy fathers [01], to Abraham [085], to Isaac [03327], and to Jacob [03290], to give [05414] thee great [01419] and goodly [02896] cities [05892], which thou buildedst [01129] not,
  King James And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly cities, houses and vineyards. There was therefore before them a double danger;

(1) a God-forgetting worldliness, and

(2) a false tolerance of the idolatries practiced by those about to become their neighbors.

The former error Moses strives to guard against in the verses before us; the latter in Deu 7:1-11.

Deu 6:13

The command "to swear by His Name" is not inconsistent with the Lord's injunction Mat 5:34, "Swear not at all." Moses refers to legal swearing, our Lord to swearing in common conversation. It is not the purpose of Moses to encourage the practice of taking oaths, but to forbid that, when taken, they should be taken in any other name than that of Israel's God. The oath involves an invocation of Deity, and so a solemn recognition of Him whose Name is made use of in it. Hence, it comes especially within the scope of the commandment Moses is enforcing.

Deu 6:25

It shall be our righteousness - i. e., God will esteem us as righteous and deal with us accordingly. From the very beginning made Moses the whole righteousness of the Law to depend entirely on a right state of the heart, in one word, upon faith.
 
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25 And it shall be our righteousness [06666], if we observe [08104] to do [06213] all these [02063] commandments [04687] before [06440] the LORD [03068] our God [0430], as he hath commanded [06680] us.
34 But [1161] I [1473] say [3004] unto you [5213], Swear [3660] not [3361] at all [3654]; neither [3383] by [1722] heaven [3772]; for [3754] it is [2076] God's [2316] throne [2362]:
13 Thou shalt fear [03372] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], and serve [05647] him, and shalt swear [07650] by his name [08034].
1 When the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall bring [0935] thee into the land [0776] whither thou goest [0935] to possess [03423] it, and hath cast out [05394] many [07227] nations [01471] before [06440] thee, the Hittites [02850], and the Girgashites [01622], and the Amorites [0567], and the Canaanites [03669], and the Perizzites [06522], and the Hivites [02340], and the Jebusites [02983], seven [07651] nations [01471] greater [07227] and mightier [06099] than thou;
2 And when the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall deliver [05414] them before [06440] thee; thou shalt smite [05221] them, and utterly [02763] destroy [02763] them; thou shalt make [03772] no covenant [01285] with them, nor shew mercy [02603] unto them:
3 Neither shalt thou make marriages [02859] with them; thy daughter [01323] thou shalt not give [05414] unto his son [01121], nor his daughter [01323] shalt thou take [03947] unto thy son [01121].
4 For they will turn away [05493] thy son [01121] from following [0310] me, that they may serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430]: so will the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] be kindled [02734] against you, and destroy [08045] thee suddenly [04118].
5 But thus shall ye deal [06213] with them; ye shall destroy [05422] their altars [04196], and break down [07665] their images [04676], and cut down [01438] their groves [0842], and burn [08313] their graven images [06456] with fire [0784].
6 For thou art an holy [06918] people [05971] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]: the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath chosen [0977] thee to be a special [05459] people [05971] unto himself, above all people [05971] that are upon the face [06440] of the earth [0127].
7 The LORD [03068] did not set his love [02836] upon you, nor choose [0977] you, because ye were more [07230] in number than any people [05971]; for ye were the fewest [04592] of all people [05971]:
8 But because the LORD [03068] loved [0160] you, and because he would keep [08104] the oath [07621] which he had sworn [07650] unto your fathers [01], hath the LORD [03068] brought you out [03318] with a mighty [02389] hand [03027], and redeemed [06299] you out of the house [01004] of bondmen [05650], from the hand [03027] of Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714].
9 Know [03045] therefore that the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], he is God [0430], the faithful [0539] God [0410], which keepeth [08104] covenant [01285] and mercy [02617] with them that love [0157] him and keep [08104] his commandments [04687] to a thousand [0505] generations [01755];
10 And repayeth [07999] them that hate [08130] him to their face [06440], to destroy [06] them: he will not be slack [0309] to him that hateth [08130] him, he will repay [07999] him to his face [06440].
11 Thou shalt therefore keep [08104] the commandments [04687], and the statutes [02706], and the judgments [04941], which I command [06680] thee this day [03117], to do [06213] them.