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Amos 2:10

Old Testament Minor Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Amos 2:10 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “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.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

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.
Amos 2:10 — American Standard Version

Context — Amos 2

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
7they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the [same] maiden, to profane my holy name:
8and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.
9Yet 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.
10Also 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.
11And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.
12But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
13Behold, I will press [you] in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, etc.] Where they were bond slaves, and in great affliction and distress, and unable to help themselves; but the Lord wrought deliverance for them, and brought them out of this house of bondage with a high hand and a mighty arm: and led you forty years through the wilderness: going before them in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night; providing them with all things necessary, with food and raiment, and protecting them from all their enemies: to possess the land of the Amorite; the whole land of Canaan, so called from a principal nation of it.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“brought you up from . . . Egypt--"brought up" is the phrase, as Egypt was low and flat, and Canaan hilly. to possess the land of the Amorite--The Amorites strictly occupied both sides of the Jordan and the mountains afterward possessed by Judah; but they here, as in Amo 2:9, stand for all the Canaanites. God kept Israel forty years in the wilderness, which tended to discipline them in His statutes, so as to be the better fitted for entering on the possession of Canaan.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Also I - (Literally, “And I,” I, emphatic; thus and thus did ye to Me; and thus and thus, with all the mercy from the first, did I to you,) I brought you up from the land of Egypt It is this language in which God, in the law, reminded them of that great benefit, as a motive to obedience; “I brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage” Exodus 20:2; Deuteronomy 5:6; Deuteronomy 6:12; only there, since God has not as yet “brought them up” into the land which He promised them, but they were yet in the wilderness, He says, “brought them forth;” here, “brought them up,” as to a place of dignity, His own land. And led you forty years through the wilderness - These are…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“I brought: Exo 12:51; Neh 9:8-12; Psa 105:42, Psa 105:43, Psa 136:10, Psa 136:11; Jer 32:20, Jer 32:21; Eze 20:10; Mic 6:4 and led: Num 14:34; Deu 2:7, Deu 8:2-4; Neh 9:21; Psa 95:10; Act 7:42, Act 13:18 to possess: Num 14:31-35; Deu 1:20, Deu 1:21, Deu 1:39 Amos 2:11”
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