strkjv@Joshua:9:3
@ And when the
inhabitants
of
Gibeon
heard
what
Joshua
had
done
unto
Jericho
and to
Ai
,
strkjv@Joshua:9:4
@ They did
work
wilily
, and
went
and made as if they had been
ambassadors
, and
took
old
sacks
upon their
asses
, and
wine
bottles
,
old
, and
rent
, and bound
up
;
strkjv@Joshua:9:5
@ And
old
shoes
and
clouted
upon their
feet
, and
old
garments
upon them; and all the
bread
of their
provision
was
dry
and
mouldy
.
strkjv@Joshua:9:6
@ And they
went
to
Joshua
unto the
camp
at
Gilgal
, and
said
unto him, and to the
men
of
Israel
, We be
come
from a
far
country
: now therefore
make
ye a
league
with us.
strkjv@Joshua:9:7
@ And the
men
of
Israel
said
unto the
Hivites
,
Peradventure
ye
dwell
among
us; and how shall we
make
a
league
with you?
strkjv@Joshua:9:8
@ And they
said
unto
Joshua
, We are thy
servants
. And
Joshua
said
unto them, Who are ye? and from
whence
come
ye?
strkjv@Joshua:9:9
@ And they
said
unto him, From a
very
far
country
thy
servants
are
come
because of the
name
of the
LORD
thy
God
: for we have
heard
the
fame
of him, and all that he
did
in
Egypt
,
strkjv@Joshua:9:10
@ And all that he
did
to the
two
kings
of the
Amorites
, that were
beyond
Jordan
, to
Sihon
king
of
Heshbon
, and to
Og
king
of
Bashan
, which was at
Ashtaroth
.
strkjv@Joshua:9:11
@ Wherefore our
elders
and all the
inhabitants
of our
country
spake
to us,
saying
,
Take
victuals
with
you
for the
journey
, and
go
to
meet
them, and
say
unto them, We are your
servants
: therefore now
make
ye a
league
with us.
strkjv@Joshua:9:12
@ 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 it is
mouldy
:
strkjv@Joshua:9:13
@ And these
bottles
of
wine
, which we
filled
, were
new
; and, behold, they be
rent
: and these our
garments
and our
shoes
are become
old
by reason of the
very
long
journey
.
strkjv@Joshua:9:14
@ And the
men
took
of their
victuals
, and
asked
not counsel at the
mouth
of the
LORD
.
strkjv@Joshua:9:15
@ And
Joshua
made
peace
with them, and
made
a
league
with them, to let them
live
: and the
princes
of the
congregation
sware
unto them.
strkjv@Joshua:9:16
@ And it came to pass at the
end
of
three
days
after
they had
made
a
league
with them, that they
heard
that they were their
neighbours
, and that they
dwelt
among
them.
strkjv@Joshua:9:17
@ And the
children
of
Israel
journeyed
, and
came
unto their
cities
on the
third
day
. Now their
cities
were
Gibeon
, and
Chephirah
, and
Beeroth
B@, and
Kirjathjearim
Qiryath Y@.
strkjv@Joshua:9:18
@ And the
children
of
Israel
smote
them not, because the
princes
of the
congregation
had
sworn
unto them by the
LORD
God
of
Israel
. And all the
congregation
murmured
against the
princes
.
strkjv@Joshua:9:19
@ But all the
princes
said
unto all the
congregation
, We have
sworn
unto them by the
LORD
God
of
Israel
: now therefore we
may
not
touch
them.
strkjv@Joshua:9:20
@ This we will
do
to them; we will even let them
live
, lest
wrath
be upon us, because of the
oath
which we
sware
unto them.
strkjv@Joshua:9:21
@ And the
princes
said
unto them, Let them
live
; but let them be
hewers
of
wood
and
drawers
of
water
unto all the
congregation
; as the
princes
had
promised
them.
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