Holman Christian Standard Bible

Joshua 24:4-9 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

4. and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau as a possession, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

5. “ ‘Then I sent Moses and Aaron; I plagued Egypt by what I did there and afterward I brought you out.

6. When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen as far as the sea.

7. Your fathers cried out to the Lord, so He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea over them, engulfing them. Your own eyes saw what I did to Egypt. After that, you lived in the wilderness a long time.

8. “ ‘Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I handed them over to you. You possessed their land, and I annihilated them before you.

9. Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,