Amos 2:10

I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, and then I led them through the desert for 40 years. And then I enabled them to conquer/possess the Amor area.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

In Context

9Long ago, to assist your ancestors, I got rid of the Amor people-group. They seemed to be as tall as cedar trees and as strong as oak trees, but I got rid of them completely, as easily as someone cuts off [MET] the branches of a tree and then digs out all its roots.

11I chose some of you Israelis to be prophets, and I chose others to be Nazir-men who were completely dedicated to me. You people of Israel certainly [RHQ] know that what I have said is true!

Read all of Amos 2

Cross References

Exodus 3:8So I have come down from heaven to rescue them from the Egyptians [SYN]. I have come to bring them up from that land to the highlands in Canaan. I will bring them to a land that is good/fertile and that has plenty of space. It will be very good for raising livestock and growing crops [MTY]. It is the land where the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus live.

Exodus 20:2“I am Yahweh God, the one you worship. I am the one who brought you out of Egypt. I am the one who freed you from being slaves there.

Numbers 14:31You said that your children would be taken from you to become slaves, but I will take them into the land, and they will enjoy living in the land that you ◄rejected/said that you could not conquer►.

Deuteronomy 1:20I said to your ancestors, ‘We have now come to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. This is part of the area that Yahweh our God, the one whom our ancestors worshiped, is giving to us.

Deuteronomy 2:7Do not forget that Yahweh our God has blessed you in everything that you [SYN] have done. He knows what has happened to you while you have wandered in this huge desert. But he has been with you during those 40 years, and as a result you have had everything that you needed [LIT].

Joshua 24:8“Then I brought your ancestors to the area where the groups who were descendants of Amor lived, east of the Jordan River. They fought against you, but I enabled you to defeat them [IDM]. I enabled you to destroy them so that you could live in their land [IDM].

Matthew Henry on Amos 2:10-16

God's Remonstrance with Israel. ( b. c. 790.) 9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. 10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. 11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord . 12 But… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Amos 2:10