Joshua 24:9-13
Joshua 24:9
Then Balak 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.
Joshua 24:10
But I was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I saved you from his hand.
Joshua 24:11
You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the citizens of Jericho fought against you, and the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. Therefore I handed them over to you.
Joshua 24:12
Then I sent the hornet before you and it drove out the two kings of the Amorites from you—not by your sword nor your bow.
Joshua 24:13
And 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”