And it came to pass, when all the kings <H4428> which [were] on this side <H5676> Jordan, <H3383> in the hills, <H2022> and in the valleys, <H8219> and in all the coasts <H2348> of the great <H1419> sea <H3220> over against <H4136> Lebanon, <H3844> the Hittite, <H2850> and the Amorite, <H0567> the Canaanite, <H3669> the Perizzite, <H6522> the Hivite, <H2340> and the Jebusite, <H2983> heard <H8085> [thereof];
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That they gathered <H6908> themselves together, <H3162> to fight <H3898> with Joshua <H3091> and with Israel, <H3478> with one <H0259> accord. <H6310>
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And when the inhabitants <H3427> of Gibeon <H1391> heard <H8085> what Joshua <H3091> had done <H6213> unto Jericho <H3405> and to Ai, <H5857>
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They did work <H6213> wilily, <H6195> and went <H3212> and made as if they had been ambassadors, <H6737> and took <H3947> old <H1087> sacks <H8242> upon their asses, <H2543> and wine <H3196> bottles, <H4997> old, <H1087> and rent, <H1234> and bound up; <H6887>
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And old <H1087> shoes <H5275> and clouted <H2921> upon their feet, <H7272> and old <H1087> garments <H8008> upon them; and all the bread <H3899> of their provision <H6718> was dry <H3001> [and] mouldy. <H5350>
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And they went <H3212> to Joshua <H3091> unto the camp <H4264> at Gilgal, <H1537> and said <H0559> unto him, and to the men <H0376> of Israel, <H3478> We be come <H0935> from a far <H7350> country: <H0776> now therefore make <H3772> ye a league <H1285> with us.
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And the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> said <H0559> unto the Hivites, <H2340> Peradventure <H0194> ye dwell <H3427> among <H7130> us; and how shall we make <H3772> a league <H1285> with you?
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And they said <H0559> unto Joshua, <H3091> We [are] thy servants. <H5650> And Joshua <H3091> said <H0559> unto them, Who [are] ye? and from whence <H0370> come <H0935> ye?
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And they said <H0559> unto him, From a very <H3966> far <H7350> country <H0776> thy servants <H5650> are come <H0935> because of the name <H8034> of the LORD <H3068> thy God: <H0430> for we have heard <H8085> the fame <H8089> of him, and all that he did <H6213> in Egypt, <H4714>
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And all that he did <H6213> to the two <H8147> kings <H4428> of the Amorites, <H0567> that [were] beyond <H5676> Jordan, <H3383> to Sihon <H5511> king <H4428> of Heshbon, <H2809> and to Og <H5747> king <H4428> of Bashan, <H1316> which [was] at Ashtaroth. <H6252>
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Wherefore our elders <H2205> and all the inhabitants <H3427> of our country <H0776> spake <H0559> to us, saying, <H0559> Take <H3947> victuals <H6720> with you <H3027> for the journey, <H1870> and go <H3212> to meet <H7125> them, and say <H0559> unto them, We [are] your servants: <H5650> therefore now make <H3772> ye a league <H1285> with us.
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This our bread <H3899> we took hot <H2525> [for] our provision <H6679> out of our houses <H1004> on the day <H3117> we came forth <H3318> to go <H3212> unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, <H3001> and it is mouldy: <H5350>
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And these bottles <H4997> of wine, <H3196> which we filled, <H4390> [were] new; <H2319> and, behold, they be rent: <H1234> and these our garments <H8008> and our shoes <H5275> are become old <H1086> by reason of the very <H3966> long <H7230> journey. <H1870>
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And the men <H0582> took <H3947> of their victuals, <H6718> and asked <H7592> not [counsel] at the mouth <H6310> of the LORD. <H3068>
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And Joshua <H3091> made <H6213> peace <H7965> with them, and made <H3772> a league <H1285> with them, to let them live: <H2421> and the princes <H5387> of the congregation <H5712> sware <H7650> unto them.
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And it came to pass at the end <H7097> of three <H7969> days <H3117> after <H0310> they had made <H3772> a league <H1285> with them, that they heard <H8085> that they [were] their neighbours, <H7138> and [that] they dwelt <H3427> among <H7130> them.
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And the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> journeyed, <H5265> and came <H0935> unto their cities <H5892> on the third <H7992> day. <H3117> Now their cities <H5892> [were] Gibeon, <H1391> and Chephirah, <H3716> and Beeroth, <H0881> and Kirjathjearim. <H7157>
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And the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> smote <H5221> them not, because the princes <H5387> of the congregation <H5712> had sworn <H7650> unto them by the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel. <H3478> And all the congregation <H5712> murmured <H3885> against the princes. <H5387>
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But all the princes <H5387> said <H0559> unto all the congregation, <H5712> We have sworn <H7650> unto them by the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel: <H3478> now therefore we may <H3201> not touch <H5060> them.
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This we will do <H6213> to them; we will even let them live, <H2421> lest wrath <H7110> be upon us, because of the oath <H7621> which we sware <H7650> unto them.
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And the princes <H5387> said <H0559> unto them, Let them live; <H2421> but let them be hewers <H2404> of wood <H6086> and drawers <H7579> of water <H4325> unto all the congregation; <H5712> as the princes <H5387> had promised <H1696> them.
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And Joshua <H3091> called <H7121> for them, and he spake <H1696> unto them, saying, <H0559> Wherefore have ye beguiled <H7411> us, saying, <H0559> We [are] very <H3966> far <H7350> from you; when ye dwell <H3427> among <H7130> us?
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Now therefore ye [are] cursed, <H0779> and there shall none of you be freed <H3772> from being bondmen, <H5650> and hewers <H2404> of wood <H6086> and drawers <H7579> of water <H4325> for the house <H1004> of my God. <H0430>
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And they answered <H6030> Joshua, <H3091> and said, <H0559> Because it was certainly <H5046> told <H5046> thy servants, <H5650> how that the LORD <H3068> thy God <H0430> commanded <H6680> his servant <H5650> Moses <H4872> to give <H5414> you all the land, <H0776> and to destroy <H8045> all the inhabitants <H3427> of the land <H0776> from before <H6440> you, therefore we were sore <H3966> afraid <H3372> of our lives <H5315> because <H6440> of you, and have done <H6213> this thing. <H1697>
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And now, behold, we <H2009> [are] in thine hand: <H3027> as it seemeth <H5869> good <H2896> and right <H3477> unto thee to do <H6213> unto us, do. <H6213>
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And so did <H6213> he unto them, and delivered <H5337> them out of the hand <H3027> of the children <H1121> of Israel, <H3478> that they slew <H2026> them not.
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And Joshua <H3091> made <H5414> them that day <H3117> hewers <H2404> of wood <H6086> and drawers <H7579> of water <H4325> for the congregation, <H5712> and for the altar <H4196> of the LORD, <H3068> even unto this day, <H3117> in the place <H4725> which he should choose. <H0977>