Bible verse for August 16

¹² I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove them out before you—the two kings of the Amorites. It was not done with your sword or your bow. ¹³ I gave you land you had not worked for and towns you had not built, and now you live in them; you eat from vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’ ¹⁴ So now fear Yahweh, and serve him with integrity and faithfulness. Get rid of the gods your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve Yahweh. ¹⁵ If it seems wrong in your eyes to serve Yahweh, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: the gods your ancestors served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my household will serve Yahweh.” ¹⁶ The people replied, “We would never abandon Yahweh to serve other gods! ¹⁷ For it was Yahweh our God who brought us and our ancestors up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery, and who performed these great signs in our sight. He kept us safe on the whole road we traveled and among all the peoples we passed through. ¹⁸ Yahweh drove all the peoples out ahead of us, even the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will serve Yahweh, because he is our God.”

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