Joshua 24:1–13
24 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem; he summoned the elders of Israel, their heads, their judges, and their officials, and they presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: ‘⌊Long ago⌋a your ancestorsb—Terah the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor—lived beyond the river,c and they served other gods. 3 I took your ancestord Abraham from beyond the rivere and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I increased his offspring; I gave him Isaac, 4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt. 5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt with what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out. 6 When I brought out your ancestorsf from Egypt, you came to the sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your ancestorsg with chariotsh and horsemen to the ⌊Red Sea⌋.i 7 They cried out to Yahweh, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea over themj and covered them; your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. Then you lived in the wilderness for many days. 8 And I brought you to the land of the Amoritesk who lived beyond the Jordan; they fought you, and I gave them into your hand; you took possession of their land, and I destroyed them ⌊before you⌋.l 9 Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, set out and fought against Israel, and he sent and summoned Balaam son of Beor to curse you, 10 but I was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he richly blessed you. So I rescued you from his hand, 11 and you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the citizens of Jericho, the Amorites,m the Perizzites,n the Canaanites,o the Hittites,p the Girgashites,q the Hivites,r and the Jebusites,s fought against you, and I gave them into your hand. 12 I sent before you the hornet and they drove out before you two kings of the Amorites;t but not by your sword or bow. 13 I gave to you a land that you have not labored on, and cities that you have not built, and you liveu in them; you eat from vineyards and olive groves that you have not planted.’