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. 13 I gave you a land you did not labor for, and cities you did not build,(D) though you live in them; you are eating from vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’

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  1. 24:12 Or sent terror

11 “‘Then you crossed the Jordan(A) and came to Jericho.(B) The citizens of Jericho fought against you, as did also the Amorites, Perizzites,(C) Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites and Jebusites,(D) but I gave them into your hands.(E) 12 I sent the hornet(F) ahead of you, which drove them out(G) before you—also the two Amorite kings. You did not do it with your own sword and bow.(H) 13 So I gave you a land(I) on which you did not toil and cities you did not build; and you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’(J)

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