9 Then aBalak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose to make war against Israel, and bsent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.
10 aBut I would not listen to Balaam; btherefore he continued to bless you. So I delivered you out of his hand.
11 Then ayou went over the Jordan and came to Jericho. And bthe men of Jericho fought against you—also the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I delivered them into your hand.
12 aI sent the hornet before you which drove them out from before you, also the two kings of the Amorites, but bnot with your sword or with your bow.
13 I have given you a land for which you did not labor, and acities which you did not build, and you dwell in them; you eat of the vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.’
14 a“Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in bsincerity and in truth, and cput away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of1 the River and din Egypt. Serve the Lord!
15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, achoose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether bthe gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of1 the River, or cthe gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. dBut as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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