⁹ Remember the Amorites. They were big and strong. They were like the tallest cedar trees and the strongest oak trees. But I destroyed all of them. ¹⁰ I brought you out of Egypt. After that, I led you through the wilderness for 40 years. Then I took you to the land where the Amorites lived, so that it would belong to you. ¹¹ I chose some men among you to be prophets, and some to be Nazirites.^[a] You Israelites know that it is true.’ That is what the Lord says.