Deuteronomy 4:38

to drive out nations from before thee Heb. to dispossess … from before thee; Deuteronomy 9:4-5; Deuteronomy 11:23; Deuteronomy 18:12 (and the probably editorial Exodus 34:24); cp. Deuteronomy 7:17; Deuteronomy 9:3; Deuteronomy 9:5. For another form of same vb also with obj. of person see on Deuteronomy 9:1. Both are characteristic of D and occur both with Sg. and Pl.

greater and mightier than thou Deuteronomy 7:6. See Deuteronomy 9:1.

to give thee their land for an inheritance See on Deuteronomy 1:38; Deuteronomy 5:31.

as at this day -The reference may be either to the territory E. of Jordan, or (by an anachronism) to Palestine generally; the similar language of Deuteronomy 7:1 end, Deuteronomy 9:1; Deuteronomy 11:23 favours the latter interpretation" (Driver).