Joshua 24:1–15

And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to ^aShechem, and ^bcalled for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their ^cofficers; and they ^dpresented themselves before God. ²And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, ^eYour fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. ³And ^fI took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and ^ggave him Isaac. ⁴And I gave unto Isaac ^hJacob and Esau: and I gave unto ⁱEsau mount Seir, to possess it; ^kbut Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. ^5lI sent Moses also and Aaron, and ^mI plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. ⁶And I ⁿbrought your fathers out of Egypt: and ^oye came unto the sea; ^pand the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. ⁷And when they ^qcried unto the Lord, ^rhe put darkness between you and the Egyptians, ^sand brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and ^tyour eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness ^ua long season. ⁸And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; ^xand they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you. ⁹Then ^yBalak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and ^zsent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you: ^10aBut I would not hearken unto Balaam; ^btherefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. ¹¹And ^cye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and ^dthe men ^eof Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. ¹²And I sent ^fthe hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but ^gnot with thy sword, nor with thy bow. ¹³And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and ^hcities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. ¹⁴ⁱNow therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in ^jsincerity and in truth: and ^kput away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and ^lin Egypt; and serve ye the Lord. ¹⁵And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, ^mchoose you this day whom ye will serve; whether ⁿthe gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or ^othe gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: ^pbut as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.