The Covenant Renewal at Shechem
1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel
1to Shechem and
2summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. And
3they presented themselves before God.
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And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Long ago,
4your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and
5they served other gods.
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6Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and
7led him through all the land of Canaan, and made his offspring many.
8I gave him Isaac.
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And to Isaac I gave
9Jacob and Esau.
10And I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess,
11but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.
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12And I sent Moses and Aaron,
13and I plagued Egypt with what I did in the midst of it, and
14afterward I brought you out.
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"'Then
15I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and
16you came to the sea.
17And the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.
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18And when they cried to the LORD,
19he put darkness between you and the Egyptians
20and made the sea come upon them and cover them;
21and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt.
22And you lived in the wilderness a long time.
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Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the other side of the Jordan.
23They fought with you, and I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you.
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24Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel.
25And he sent and invited Balaam the son of Beor to curse you,
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26but I would not listen to Balaam.
27Indeed, he blessed you. So I delivered you out of his hand.
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28And you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho,
29and the leaders of Jericho fought against you, and also
30the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. And I gave them into your hand.
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And I sent
31the hornet before you, which drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorites; it was
32not by your sword or by your bow.
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I gave you a land on which you had not labored
33and cities that you had not built, and you dwell in them. You eat the fruit of vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant.'