Bible Verses

But when they strayed from the path He had set for them, they were defeated in many battles, and they were taken into captivity in a land not their own. The temple of their God was destroyed, and their cities were occupied by enemies.

As long as they did not offend God, they prospered because their God, who hates wrongdoing, was with them.

driving out the Canaanites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Shechemites, and Gergesites; they lived there for a long time.

they inhabited the country of the Amorites and wiped out the Heshbonites. After crossing the Jordan, they took control of all the hill country,

and He led them along the route of Sinai and Kadesh-Barnea. The Israelites drove out all the inhabitants of the land;

Then God dried up the Red Sea in front of them,

They called upon their God, who punished all of Egypt with incurable plagues, forcing the Egyptians to drive them out.

But the king of Egypt rose against them, tricked them into making bricks, and they were humiliated and made into slaves.

Famine spread throughout the land of Canaan, so they went down into Egypt, where they stayed as long as there was food. Then, they became so numerous that they could not be counted.

Then their God told them to leave the land where they had settled and go to the land of Canaan. They moved there and collected abundant gold, silver, and many herds of cattle.