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Joshua 9
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Guile of the Gibeonites

9Now it came about when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country and in the lowland and on all the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, heard of it,H4428H5676H3383H2022H8219H2348H1419H3220H4136H3844H2850H567H3669H6522H2340H2983H8085 2that they gathered themselves together with one accord to fight with Joshua and with Israel.H6908H3162H3898H3091H3478H259H6310 3When the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,H3427H1391H8085H3091H6213H3405H5857 4they also acted craftily and set out as envoys, and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended,H6213H6195H3212H6737H3947H1087H8242H2543H3196H4997H1087H1234H6887 5and worn-out and patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes on themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry [and] had become crumbled.H1087H5275H2921H7272H1087H8008H3899H6718H3001H5350 6And they went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, "We have come from a far country; now therefore, make a covenant with us."H3212H3091H4264H1537H559H376H3478H935H7350H776H3772H1285 7And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you are living within our land; how then shall we make a covenant with you?"H376H3478H559H2340H194H3427H7130H3772H1285 8But they said to Joshua, "We are your servants." Then Joshua said to them, "Who are you, and where do you come from?"H559H3091H5650H3091H559H370H935 9And they said to him, "Your servants have come from a very far country because of the fame of the LORD your God; for we have heard the report of Him and all that He did in Egypt,H559H3966H7350H776H5650H935H8034H3068H430H8085H8089H6213H4714 10and 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.H6213H8147H4428H567H5676H3383H5511H4428H2809H5747H4428H1316H6252 11"So our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, 'Take provisions in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them and say to them," We are your servants; now then, make a covenant with us. "'H2205H3427H776H559H559H3947H6720H3027H1870H3212H7125H559H5650H3772H1285 12"This our bread [was] warm [when] we took it for our provisions out of our houses on the day that we left to come to you; but now behold, it is dry and has become crumbled.H3899H2525H6679H1004H3117H3318H3212H3001H5350 13"And these wineskins which we filled were new, and behold, they are torn; and these our clothes and our sandals are worn out because of the very long journey."H4997H3196H4390H2319H1234H8008H5275H1086H3966H7230H1870 14So the men [of Israel] took some of their provisions, and did not ask for the counsel of the LORD.H582H3947H6718H7592H6310H3068 15And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore [an oath] to them.H3091H6213H7965H3772H1285H2421H5387H5712H7650 16And it came about at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were neighbors and that they were living within their land.H7097H7969H3117H310H3772H1285H8085H7138H3427H7130 17Then the sons of Israel set out and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities [were] Gibeon and Chephirah and Beeroth and Kiriath-jearim.H1121H3478H5265H935H5892H7992H3117H5892H1391H3716H881H7157 18And the sons of Israel did not strike them because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.H1121H3478H5221H5387H5712H7650H3068H430H3478H5712H3885H5387 19But all the leaders said to the whole congregation, "We have sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.H5387H559H5712H7650H3068H430H3478H3201H5060 20"This we will do to them, even let them live, lest wrath be upon us for the oath which we swore to them."H6213H2421H7110H7621H7650 21And the leaders said to them, "Let them live." So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the whole congregation, just as the leaders had spoken to them.H5387H559H2421H2404H6086H7579H4325H5712H5387H1696 22Then Joshua called for them and spoke to them, saying, "Why have you deceived us, saying, 'We are very far from you,' when you are living within our land?H3091H7121H1696H559H7411H559H3966H7350H3427H7130 23"Now therefore, you are cursed, and you shall never cease being slaves, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God."H779H3772H5650H2404H6086H7579H4325H1004H430 24So they answered Joshua and said, "Because it was certainly told your servants that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you; therefore we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.H6030H3091H559H5046H5046H5650H3068H430H6680H5650H4872H5414H776H8045H3427H776H6440H3966H3372H5315H6440H6213H1697 25"And now behold, we are in your hands; do as it seems good and right in your sight to do to us."H2009H3027H5869H2896H3477H6213H6213 26Thus he did to them, and delivered them from the hands of the sons of Israel, and they did not kill them.H6213H5337H3027H1121H3478H2026 27But Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place which He would choose.H3091H5414H3117H2404H6086H7579H4325H5712H4196H3068H3117H4725H977


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