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JOSHUA ยท Chapter 9
9:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side
Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the
great sea opposite to Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite,
the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
9:2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and
with Israel, with one accord.
9:3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto
Jericho and to Ai,
9:4 They did work cunningly, 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;
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.
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 all of you a league with us.
9:7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Possibly all of you
dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
9:8 And they said unto Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said
unto them, Who are all of you? and from whence come all of you?
9:9 And they said unto him, From a very far country your servants are
come because of the name of the LORD your God: for we have heard the fame
of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
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.
9:11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke
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 all of you
a league with us.
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:
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.
9:14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the
mouth of the LORD.
9:15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them,
to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore unto them.
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.
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,
and Kirjathjearim.
9:18 And the children of Israel stroke 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.
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.
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 swore unto them.
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.
9:22 And Joshua called for them, and he spoke unto them, saying, Wherefore
have all of you misled us, saying, We are very far from you; when all of
you dwell among us?
9:23 Now therefore all of you are cursed, and there shall none of you
be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for
the house of my God.
9:24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told
your servants, how that the LORD your 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 of our lives because of you,
and have done this thing.
9:25 And now, behold, we are in your hand: as it seems good and right
unto you to do unto us, do.
9:26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of
the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
9:27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water
for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day,
in the place which he should choose.
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