Joshua Reviews Israel’s History

1 Then aJoshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

2 Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the 1River, namely, aTerah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.

3 ‘Then aI took your father Abraham from beyond the 1River, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and bmultiplied his 2descendants and gave him cIsaac.

4 ‘To Isaac I gave aJacob and Esau, and bto Esau I gave Mount Seir to possess it; but cJacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

5 ‘Then aI sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt 1by what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out.

6 ‘I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and ayou came to the sea; and Egypt pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the 1Red Sea.

7 ‘But when they cried out to the Lord, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And ayou lived in the wilderness for a long time.

8 ‘Then aI brought you into the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan, and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land when I destroyed them before you.

9 ‘Then aBalak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel, and he sent and summoned Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.

10 ‘But I awas not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I delivered you from his hand.

11 ‘aYou crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the citizens of Jericho fought against you, and bthe Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite. Thus cI gave them into your hand.

12 ‘Then I asent the hornet before you and it 1drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before you, but bnot by your sword or your bow.

13 ‘aI gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you had not built, and you have lived in them; you are eating of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.’