Amos 2:10

⁸ They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.

⁹ Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

¹¹ I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.

¹² “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
ASV: Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
DARBY: And I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
BLB: And I brought you⁺ up from the land of Egypt, and I led you⁺ in the wilderness forty years, to possess the land of the Amorite.

ÅB: og jeg førte dere opp fra Egypt, og jeg ledet dere i ørkenen i førti år, for at dere skulle få amorittens land til eiendom,
OTB: Og det var jeg som førte dere opp fra landet Egypt,
og ledet dere i ørkenen i førti år,
så dere kunne ta i eie amorittenes land.
B1930: og jeg førte eder op fra Egyptens land, og jeg ledet eder i ørkenen i firti år, forat I skulde få amorittens land til eiendom,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 2:7
Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
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Exodus 12:51
And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.
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Acts 7:42
But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
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Amos 3:1
Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
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Acts 13:18
He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.
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Exodus 3:8
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
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Amos 9:7
“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?
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Micah 6:4
For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
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