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Amos 2:10-12
New English Translation
Amos 2:10-12
New English Translation
10 I brought you up from the land of Egypt;
I led you through the wilderness for forty years
so you could take the Amorites’ land as your own.
11 I made some of your sons prophets
and some of your young men Nazirites.[a]
Is this not true, you Israelites?”
The Lord is speaking.
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine;[b]
you commanded the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy!’
Footnotes
- Amos 2:11 tn Or perhaps “religious devotees” (also in the following verse). The Hebrew term נָזִיר (nazir) refers to one who is “consecrated” or “devoted” to God (see Num 6:1-21).
- Amos 2:12 sn Nazirites were strictly forbidden to drink wine (Num 6:2-3).
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