Deuteronomy 6:11

“And houses full of all good things which thou filledst not, etc.] Not only full of good, convenient, and rich household furniture, but of the fruits of the earth, of corn, and wine, and oil, and also, perhaps, of gold and silver: and wells digged which thou diggedst not; which in those hot and dry countries were in much esteem, and of great worth; (see <012618>Genesis 26:1822), vineyards and olive trees which thou plantedst not; which Canaan abounded with much more than Egypt, where there were but few vines and olive trees, though of both these there were more where the Israelites lived than elsewhere; (see Gill on “<014711>Genesis 47:11”) and these therefore might be such as they had seen…”

“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 Deuteronomy 7:1-11. Deuteronomy 6:13 The command “to swear by His Name” is not inconsistent with the Lord’s injunction Matthew 5:34, “Swear not at all.” Moses refers to legal swearing, our Lord to swearing…”

“when thou: Deu 7:12-18, Deu 8:10-20, Deu 32:15; Jdg 3:7; Pro 30:8, Pro 30:9; Jer 2:31, Jer 2:32; Eze 16:10-20; Mat 19:23, Mat 19:24 Deuteronomy 6:12”