Amos 2:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

I brought

Micah 6:4

And led

Acts 13:18

To possess

Numbers 14:31

Deuteronomy 1:20

General references

Joshua 24:17

Bible References

I brought

On that day Jehovah brought the Israelite tribes out of Egypt.

You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours.

He remembered his holy word to his servant Abraham.

To him who destroyed the Egyptians in their firstborn. His loving kindness is everlasting.

You set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt. Even to this day both in Israel and among mankind you have made a name for yourself.

So I led them out of Egypt into the desert.

I brought you out of the land of Egypt. I redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

And led

You explored the land for forty days. So for forty years, one year for each day, you will suffer for your sins and know what it means for me to be against you.'

Remember how Jehovah your God blessed you in everything you have done. He took care of you as you wandered through this vast desert. He has been with you these forty years. You had everything you needed.'

Remember the forty years Jehovah your God led you in the wilderness. He did this in order to humble you and test you. He wanted to know what was in your heart. Whether you would obey his commandments.

Truly, for forty years you were their support in the wilderness. They needed nothing. Their clothing did not get old or their feet become tired.

For forty years I was grieved with this generation. I said: It is a people who go astray in their hearts, and they have not known my ways.

God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven. It is written in the book of the prophets: O you house of Israel, have you offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

He cared for them and endured their bad conduct in the wilderness for forty years.

To possess

You said your children would be taken as prisoners of war. Instead, I will bring them into the land you rejected, and they will enjoy it.

I said to you: 'You have arrived at the mountain of the Amorites. Jehovah gives this mountain to us.

General references

Jehovah our God brought our fathers and us out of slavery in Egypt. We saw the miracles he performed. He kept us safe wherever we went among all the nations through which we passed.