12 Then I (A)sent the hornet before you and it [a]drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before you, but (B)not by your sword or your bow. 13 (C)I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you had not built, and you have lived in them; you are eating of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.’

“We Will Serve the Lord

14 “Now, therefore, [b](D)fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and [c]truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the [d]River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:12 Lit drove them out
  2. Joshua 24:14 Or reverence
  3. Joshua 24:14 Or faithfulness
  4. Joshua 24:14 I.e. Euphrates

12 I sent the hornet(A) ahead of you, which drove them out(B) before you—also the two Amorite kings. You did not do it with your own sword and bow.(C) 13 So I gave you a land(D) 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.’(E)

14 “Now fear the Lord(F) and serve him with all faithfulness.(G) Throw away the gods(H) your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt,(I) and serve the Lord.

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