⁷When the Israelites cried out^l to the Lord because of Midian, ⁸he sent them a prophet,^m who said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt,ⁿ out of the land of slavery.^o ⁹I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians. And I delivered you from the hand of all your oppressors;^p I drove them out before you and gave you their land.^q ¹⁰I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; do not worship^r the gods of the Amorites,^s in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.”

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Cross references

lSee Jdg 3:9
m Dt 18:15; 1 Ki 20:13, 22; 2 Ki 17:13, 23; Ne 9:29; Job 36:10; Jer 25:5; Eze 18:30–31
nSee Jdg 2:1
o Jos 24:17
pSee Nu 10:9; Ps 136:24
q Ps 44:2
rSee Ex 20:5
sSee Jos 24:15

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When the people of Israel cried out to the Lord on account of the Midianites, the Lord sent a prophet to the people of Israel. And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I led you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of slavery. And I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out before you and gave you their land. And I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.’ But you have not obeyed my voice.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the Israelites cried out to him because of Midian, the Lord sent a prophet to them. He said to them, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I brought you out of Egypt and out of the place of slavery. I rescued you from the power of Egypt and the power of all who oppressed you. I drove them out before you and gave you their land. I said to you: I am the Lord your God. Do not fear the gods of the Amorites whose land you live in. But you did not obey me.’ ”

NLTNew Living Translation

When they cried out to the Lord because of Midian, the Lord sent a prophet to the Israelites. He said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of slavery in Egypt. I rescued you from the Egyptians and from all who oppressed you. I drove out your enemies and gave you their land. I told you, ‘I am the Lord your God. You must not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you now live.’ But you have not listened to me.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When the Israelites cried out to Yahweh on account of the Midianites, Yahweh sent a prophet to the Israelites, and he said to them, “Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: ‘I brought you up from Egypt; I brought you from the house of slavery. I delivered you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of all your oppressors, and drove them out from before you; and I gave you their land. And I said to you, ‘I am Yahweh your God; do not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.’ But you have not listened to my voice.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites, That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land; And I said unto you, I am the Lord your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.

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