Joshua 24:1-15

1Then 1Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, their heads, their judges, and their officers; and they presented themselves before God. 2Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates River, namely, 2Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods. 3Then 3I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates River and led him through all the land of Canaan, and 4multiplied his 5descendants and gave him 6Isaac. 4To Isaac I gave 7Jacob and Esau, and 8to Esau I gave Mount Seir, to possess it; but 9Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt. 5Then 10I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt 11by what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out. 6So I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and 12you came to the sea; and Egypt pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the 13Red Sea. 7But when they cried out to the Lord, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And 14you lived in the wilderness for a long time. 8Then 15I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who lived beyond the Jordan, and they fought with you; but I handed them over to you, and you took possession of their land when I eliminated them before you. 9Then 16Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, rose up and fought against Israel, and he sent messengers and summoned Balaam the son of Beor to curse you. 10But I 17was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I saved you from his hand. 1118You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the citizens of Jericho fought against you, and 19the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. Therefore 20I handed them over to you. 12Then I 21sent the hornet before you and it 22drove out the two kings of the Amorites from you--23not by your sword nor your bow. 13And 24I 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.’

14“Now, therefore, 2526fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and 27truth; and do away with the gods which your fathers served beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15But if it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served, which were beyond the Euphrates River, or 28the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”