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Joshua 9:1
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And it came to pass, when all the kings that
were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and on all the
shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the
Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; |
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| Joshua 9:2 |
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that they gathered themselves together, to fight
with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. |
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| Joshua 9:3 |
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But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what
Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, |
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| Joshua 9:4 |
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they also did work wilily, and went and made
as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins,
old and rent and bound up, |
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| Joshua 9:5 |
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and old and patched shoes upon their feet, and
old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become
mouldy. |
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| Joshua 9:6 |
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And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal,
and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now
therefore make ye a covenant with us. |
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| Joshua 9:7 |
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And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites,
Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you? |
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| Joshua 9:8 |
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And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants.
And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? |
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| Joshua 9:9 |
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And they said unto him, From a very far country
thy servants are come because of the name of Jehovah thy God: for we have heard
the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, |
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| Joshua 9:10 |
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and all that he did to the two kings of the
Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king
of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth. |
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| Joshua 9:11 |
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And our elders and all the inhabitants of our
country spake to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey, and
go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: and now make ye a covenant
with us. |
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| Joshua 9:12 |
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This our bread we took hot for our provision
out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it
is dry, and is become mouldy: |
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| Joshua 9:13 |
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and these wine-skins, which we filled, were
new; and, behold, they are rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become
old by reason of the very long journey. |
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| Joshua 9:14 |
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And the men took of their provision, and asked
not counsel at the mouth of Jehovah. |
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| Joshua 9:15 |
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And Joshua made peace with them, and made a
covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware
unto them. |
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| Joshua 9:16 |
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And it came to pass at the end of three days
after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their
neighbors, and that they dwelt among them. |
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| Joshua 9:17 |
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And the children of Israel journeyed, and came
unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah,
and Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim. |
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| Joshua 9:18 |
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And the children of Israel smote them not, because
the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel.
And all the congregation murmured against the princes. |
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| Joshua 9:19 |
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But all the princes said unto all the congregation,
We have sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not
touch them. |
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This we will do to them, and let them live;
lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. |
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| Joshua 9:21 |
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And the princes said unto them, Let them live:
so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation,
as the princes had spoken unto them. |
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| Joshua 9:22 |
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And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto
them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you;
when ye dwell among us? |
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| Joshua 9:23 |
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Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall
never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for
the house of my God. |
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| Joshua 9:24 |
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And they answered Joshua, and said, Because
it was certainly told thy servants, how that Jehovah thy God commanded his servant
Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land
from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and
have done this thing. |
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| Joshua 9:25 |
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And now, behold, we are in thy hand: as it seemeth
good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. |
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| Joshua 9:26 |
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And so did he unto them, and delivered them
out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. |
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| Joshua 9:27 |
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And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood
and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto
this day, in the place which he should choose. |
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