The Israelites were satisfied with their report and gave thanks to God.<n id="1" /> They said nothing more about launching an attack to destroy the land in which the Reubenites and Gadites lived.<n id="2" />

Joshua told all the people, &#8220;Here is what the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel says: &#8216;In the distant past your ancestors<n id="1" /> lived beyond the Euphrates River,<n id="2" /> including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped<n id="3" /> other gods,

Your fathers<n id="1" /> cried out for help to the <sc>Lordsc>; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark,<n id="2" /> and then drowned them in the sea.<n id="3" /> You witnessed with your very own eyes<n id="4" /> what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time.<n id="5" />

I gave you a land in<n id="1" /> which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of<n id="2" /> vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.&#8217;p>

They said to Joshua, &#8220;It was carefully reported to your subjects<n id="1" /> how the <sc>Lordsc> your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified<n id="2" /> we would lose our lives, so we did this thing.

It encompassed<n id="1" /> all the cities of the plain and the whole realm of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon. Moses defeated him and the Midianite leaders Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba (they were subjects of Sihon and lived in his territory).<n id="2" />

If you have no desire<n id="1" /> to worship<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>, choose today whom you will worship,<n id="3" /> whether it be the gods whom your ancestors<n id="4" /> worshiped<n id="5" /> beyond the Euphrates,<n id="6" /> or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family<n id="7" /> will worship<n id="8" /> the <sc>Lordsc>!&#8221;p>