Tell them what I am saying. When I chose Israel, I made them a promise. I revealed myself to them in Egypt and told them: I am the LORD your God.

So I made a vow in the desert that I would not take them to the land I had given them, a rich and fertile land, the finest land of all.

So I made another vow in the desert. I vowed that I would scatter them all over the world.

When I bring you back to Israel, the land that I promised I would give to your ancestors, then you will know that I am the LORD.

The LORD said to him, "Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land; they will be slaves there and will be treated cruelly for four hundred years.

But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and when they leave that foreign land, they will take great wealth with them.

and so I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians and to bring them out of Egypt to a spacious land, one which is rich and fertile and in which the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites now live.

I have decided that I will bring them out of Egypt, where they are being treated cruelly, and will take them to a rich and fertile land---the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Then the LORD said to Moses,

The king will think that the Israelites are wandering around in the country and are closed in by the desert.

When the king of Egypt was told that the people had escaped, he and his officials changed their minds and said, "What have we done? We have let the Israelites escape, and we have lost them as our slaves!"

He set out with all his chariots, including the six hundred finest, commanded by their officers.

The Egyptian army, with all the horses, chariots, and drivers, pursued them and caught up with them where they were camped by the Red Sea near Pi Hahiroth and Baal Zephon.

They said to Moses, "Weren't there any graves in Egypt? Did you have to bring us out here in the desert to die? Look what you have done by bringing us out of Egypt!

Moses answered, "Don't be afraid! Stand your ground, and you will see what the LORD will do to save you today; you will never see these Egyptians again.

The LORD said to Moses, "Why are you crying out for help? Tell the people to move forward.

The LORD your God is bringing you into a fertile land---a land that has rivers and springs, and underground streams gushing out into the valleys and hills;

There you will never go hungry or ever be in need. Its rocks have iron in them, and from its hills you can mine copper.

but the land that you are about to enter is a land of mountains and valleys, a land watered by rain.

The LORD your God takes care of this land and watches over it throughout the year.

The Most High assigned nations their lands; he determined where peoples should live. He assigned to each nation a heavenly being,

The LORD solemnly promised your ancestors to give you the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. When he brings you into that rich and fertile land, you must celebrate this festival in the first month of every year.

You are going to a rich and fertile land. But I will not go with you myself, because you are a stubborn people, and I might destroy you on the way."

But I have promised you this rich and fertile land as your possession, and I will give it to you. I am the LORD your God, and I have set you apart from the other nations.

They told Moses, "We explored the land and found it to be rich and fertile; and here is some of its fruit.

If the LORD is pleased with us, he will take us there and give us that rich and fertile land.

Listen to them, people of Israel, and obey them! Then all will go well with you, and you will become a mighty nation and live in that rich and fertile land, just as the LORD, the God of our ancestors, has promised.

And you will live a long time in the rich and fertile land that the LORD promised to give your ancestors and their descendants.

He brought us here and gave us this rich and fertile land.

Look down from your holy place in heaven and bless your people Israel; bless also the rich and fertile land that you have given us, as you promised our ancestors.'

and write on them all these laws and teachings. When you have entered the rich and fertile land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you,

I will take them into this rich and fertile land, as I promised their ancestors. There they will have all the food they want, and they will live comfortably. But they will turn away and worship other gods. They will reject me and break my covenant,

"He let them rule the highlands, and they ate what grew in the fields. They found wild honey among the rocks; their olive trees flourished in stony ground.

Their cows and goats gave plenty of milk; they had the best sheep, goats, and cattle, the finest wheat, and the choicest wine.

(SEE 5:4)

Then I would keep the promise I made to their ancestors that I would give them the rich and fertile land which they now have." I said, "Yes, LORD."

You gave them this rich and fertile land, as you had promised their ancestors.

So I made a vow in the desert that I would not take them to the land I had given them, a rich and fertile land, the finest land of all.

Zion, the mountain of God, is high and beautiful; the city of the great king brings joy to all the world.

Out of one of these four horns grew a little horn, whose power extended toward the south and the east and toward the Promised Land.

The Syrian invader will do with them as he pleases, without opposition. He will stand in the Promised Land and have it completely in his power.

He will even invade the Promised Land and kill tens of thousands, but the countries of Edom, Moab, and what is left of Ammon will escape.

Like a storm I swept them away to live in foreign countries. This good land was left a desolate place, with no one living in it."