Deuteronomy 6:22

“And the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and sore, etc.] Meaning the ten plagues, which were signs of the power of God, marvellous works, great, above the power of nature, and very sore or “evil” f71; very distressing to the Egyptians; for they came and lay heavy upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes; upon the king, his courtiers, and the whole land, and which were done publicly in the sight of the people of Israel, as well as the Egyptians; and there were some then living, though at that time when wrought under twenty years, who saw with their own eyes what were done to them, and could never forget them. Here also the Targum of Jonathan has it, “and the…”

“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…”

“6:22 The signs and wonders were the ten plagues God sent to impress Israel and Egypt with his power when he brought about the Exodus (Exod 7–12; see also Exod 3:20; 4:5; Josh 4:23-24).”

“showed: Deu 4:34; Exod. 7:1-12:51, 14:1-31; Psa 135:9 sore: Heb. evil before: Deu 1:30, Deu 3:21, Deu 4:3, Deu 7:19; Psa 58:10, Psa 58:11, Psa 91:8 Deuteronomy 6:23”