Amos 2:10

⁸ And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

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.

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 ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

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
For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
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Exodus 12:51
And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
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Acts 7:42
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
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Amos 3:1
Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
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Acts 13:18
And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
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Exodus 3:8
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
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Amos 9:7
Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
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Micah 6:4
For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
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