JOSHUA 24:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.”
I gave you a land on which you had not labored and cities which you had not built, and you dwell in them. You eat the fruit of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.' — The covenant summary culminates with the land itself: territory, cities, vineyards, olive groves—Israel enters a prepared inheritance. The formula 'which you had not labored...not built...not planted' reiterates that covenant blessing is unearned gift. Joshua's covenant recitation (vv. 2-12) frames Israel's entire history as divine action: election, deliverance, conquest, settlement.
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