10 but I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he repeatedly blessed you, and I rescued you from him.

11 “‘You then crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho.(A) Jericho’s citizens—as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hethites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites—fought against you, but I handed them over to you. 12 I sent hornets[a](B) ahead of you, and they drove out the two Amorite kings(C) before you. It was not by your sword or bow.

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  1. 24:12 Or sent terror

10 But I would not listen to Balaam, so he blessed you(A) again and again, and I delivered you out of his hand.

11 “‘Then you crossed the Jordan(B) and came to Jericho.(C) The citizens of Jericho fought against you, as did also the Amorites, Perizzites,(D) Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites and Jebusites,(E) but I gave them into your hands.(F) 12 I sent the hornet(G) ahead of you, which drove them out(H) before you—also the two Amorite kings. You did not do it with your own sword and bow.(I)

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