² Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your ancestors, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor,^(A) lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods.^(B)

¹⁴ “Now fear the Lord^(A) and serve him with all faithfulness.^(B) Throw away the gods^(C) your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt,^(D) and serve the Lord.

¹² Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors^(A) deliver them—the gods of Gozan, Harran,^(B) Rezeph and the people of Eden^(C) who were in Tel Assar?