Joshua 24:2–13

²Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, ^dthe father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods. ³But I took your father Abraham from the region beyond the Euphrates River, led him throughout the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants. ^eI gave him Isaac, ^f4and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. ^gI gave the hill country of Seir to Esau as a possession, ^hbut Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt. ⁱ

⁵“ ‘Then I sent Moses and Aaron; ^jI plagued Egypt by what I did there and afterward I brought you out. ⁶When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, ^kthe Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen as far as the sea. ⁷Your fathers cried out to the Lord, so He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea over them, engulfing them. Your own eyes saw what I did to Egypt. After that, you lived in the wilderness a long time.

⁸“ ‘Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. ^lThey fought against you, but I handed them over to you. You possessed their land, and I annihilated them before you. ⁹Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, ^mset out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you, ¹⁰but I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he repeatedly blessed you, and I delivered you from his hand.

¹¹“ ‘You then crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. ⁿThe people of Jericho—as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites—fought against you, but I handed them over to you. ¹²I sent the hornet ^opahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings ^qbefore you. It was not by your sword or bow. ¹³I gave you a land you did not labor for, and cities you did not build, ^rthough you live in them; you are eating from vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’