Joshua 9:13
These wine skins, which we filled, were new; and behold, they are torn. These our garments and our sandals have become old because of the very long journey.”
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Joshua 9:13
These wine skins, which we filled, were new; and behold, they are torn. These our garments and our sandals have become old because of the very long journey.”
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Joshua 9:3
But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
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Joshua 9:7
The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “What if you live among us? How could we make a covenant with you?”
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Joshua 9:8
They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” Joshua said to them, “Who are you? Where do you come from?”
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Joshua 9:10
and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
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Joshua 9:16
At the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.
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Joshua 9:17
The children of Israel traveled and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.
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Joshua 9:18
The children of Israel didn’t strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. All the congregation murmured against the princes.
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Joshua 9:19
But all the princes said to all the congregation, “We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. Now therefore we may not touch them.
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Joshua 9:20
We will do this to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.”
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Joshua 9:21
The princes said to them, “Let them live.” So they became wood cutters and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them.
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