Joshua:9

---

Seeker Overlay ON

* And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side the Jordan , in the hill-country , and in the lowland , and along all the coast of the great sea as far as opposite to Lebanon , the Hittite , and the Amorite , the Canaanite , the Perizzite , the Hivite , and the Jebusite , heard [of it ], * that they assembled together , to fight with Joshua and with Israel , with one accord . * And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai , * then they also acted with craft , and they went prepared as on a journey , and took old sacks upon their asses , and wine-flasks , old and rent and tied up ; * and old and patched sandals upon their feet , and old garments upon them ; and all the bread of their provision was dry [and ] mouldy . * And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal , and said to him , and to the men of Israel , From a far country are we come ; and now make a covenant with us . * And the men of Israel said to the Hivite , Perhaps thou dwellest in the midst of us , and how should I make a covenant with thee ? * And they said unto Joshua , We are thy servants . And Joshua said to them , Who are ye ? and from whence come ye ? * And they said to him , From a very far country are thy servants come , because of the name of Jehovah thy God ; for we have heard the fame of him , and all that he did in Egypt , * and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond Jordan , to Sihon the king of Heshbon , and to Og the king of Bashan , who was at Ashtaroth . * And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us , saying , Take victuals in your hand for the way , and go to meet them , and say to them , We are your servants , and now make a covenant with us . * This our bread we took warm for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you ; and now , behold , it is dry , and is become mouldy . * And these flasks of wine which we filled new , behold , they are rent ; and these our garments and our sandals are become old by reason of the very long journey . * And the men took of their victuals , but they did not inquire at the mouth of Jehovah . * And Joshua made peace with them , and made a covenant with them , to let them live ; and the princes of the assembly swore unto them . * 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 neighbours , and that they dwelt in their midst . * And the children of Israel journeyed , and came to their cities on the third day ; and their cities were Gibeon , and Chephirah , and Beeroth , and Kirjath-jearim . * And the children of Israel did not smite them , because the princes of the assembly had sworn unto them by Jehovah the God of Israel . Then all the assembly murmured against the princes . * And all the princes said to all the assembly , We have sworn unto them by Jehovah the God of Israel , and now we may not touch them . * This we will do to them , and let them live , lest wrath come upon us , because of the oath which we swore unto them . * And the princes said to them , Let them live . And they were hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the assembly ; as the princes had said to them . * And Joshua called for them , and he spoke to them , saying , Why have ye deceived us , saying , We are very far from you ; whereas ye dwell in our midst ? * And now ye are cursed , and ye shall never cease to be bondmen , and hewers of wood , and drawers of water for the house of my God . * 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 ; and we feared greatly for our lives because of you , and did this thing . * And now behold , we are in thy hand : as it is good and right in thine eyes to do to us , do . * And he did so to them , and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel , and they did not slay them . * And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the assembly , and for the altar of Jehovah , to this day , in the place which he should choose .

---