Joshua 9:16
Now three days after, when they had made this agreement with them, they had word that these men were their neighbours, living near them.
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Joshua 9:16
Now three days after, when they had made this agreement with them, they had word that these men were their neighbours, living near them.
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Joshua 9:3
And the men of Gibeon, hearing what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
Joshua 9:4
Acting with deceit, got food together as if for a long journey; and took old food-bags for their asses, and old and cracked wine-skins kept together with cord;
Joshua 9:5
And put old stitched-up shoes on their feet, and old clothing on their backs; and all the food they had with them was dry and broken up.
Joshua 9:8
And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. Then Joshua said to them, Who are you and where do you come from?
Joshua 9:9
And they said to him, Your servants have come from a very far country, because of the name of the Lord your God: for the story of his great name, and of all he did in Egypt has come to our ears,
Joshua 9:10
And what he did to the two kings of the Amorites east of Jordan, to Sihon, king of Heshbon, and to Og, king of Bashan, at Ashtaroth.
Joshua 9:12
This bread which we have with us for our food, we took warm and new from our houses when starting on our journey to you; but now see, it has become dry and broken up.
Joshua 9:13
And these wine-skins were new when we put the wine in them, and now they are cracked as you see; and our clothing and our shoes have become old because of our very long journey here.
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Joshua 9:24
And, answering Joshua, they said, Because it came to the ears of your servants that the Lord your God had given orders to his servant Moses to give you all this land, and to send destruction on all the people living in it, because of you; so, fearing greatly for our lives because of you, we have done this.
Joshua 9:25
And now we are in your hands: do to us whatever seems good and right to you.
Joshua 9:26
So he kept them safe from the children of Israel, and did not let them be put to death.
Joshua 9:27
And that day Joshua made them servants, cutting wood and getting water for the people and for the altar of the Lord, in the place marked out by him, to this day.
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