Joshua 24:1-13 ▼

1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and he called for the elders of Israel, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its officers; and they presented themselves before the face of God.

2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says YHWH, God of Israel: ‘On the other side of the River dwelt Your? fathers of old—Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor—and they served other gods.

3 And I took your? father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave to him Isaac.

4 And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau, and I gave to Esau Mount Seir to possess, and Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt by what I did among them, and afterward I brought you? out.

6 And I brought your? fathers out of Egypt, and you? came to the sea. And Egypt pursued after your? fathers with chariot and with horsemen to the Red Sea.

7 And they cried out to YHWH, and He put darkness between you? and between the Egyptians, and He brought upon them the sea and covered them, and your? eyes saw what I did against Egypt, and you? dwelt in the wilderness many days.

8 And I brought you? into the land of the Amorite, the ones dwelling on the other side of the Jordan, and they fought with you?. And I gave them into your? hands, and you? possessed their land, and I destroyed them from before your? faces.

9 And Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose to make war against Israel, and he sent and called Balaam son of Beor to curse you?.

10 And I was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he blessed you? again and again. And I delivered you? out of his hand.

11 And you? went over the Jordan and came to Jericho, and the men of Jericho fought against you?, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. And I delivered them into your? hands.

12 And I sent before your? faces the hornet, and it drove them out from before your? faces—two kings of the Amorite—not by your sword and not by your bow.

13 And I have given to you? a land on which you did not labor, and cities that you? did not build, and you? dwell in them. You? are eating of vineyards and olive groves that you? did not plant.’