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Chapter 9 And it came to pass,
when all the kings which were on this side

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Jordan, in the hills and in the valleys,
and in all the coasts of the great sea

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over against Lebanon, the Hittite and the
Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite,

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the Hivite and the Jebusite, heard
thereof, that they gathered themselves

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together to fight with Joshua,
and with Israel, with one accord.

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And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard
what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to

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Ai, they did work wildly, and went and
made as if they had been ambassadors,

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and took old sacks upon their asses,
and wine-bottles old and rent and bound

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up, and old shoes and clouted upon their
feet, and old garments upon them.

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And all the bread of their provision was
dry and moldy.

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And they went to Joshua unto the camp at
Gilgal, and said unto him and to the men

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of Israel, We become from a far country,
now therefore make ye a league with us.

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And the men of Israel said unto the
Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us,

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and how shall we make a league with you?

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And they said unto Joshua, We are thy
servants.

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And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye,
and from whence come ye?

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And they said unto him, From a very far
country thy servants are come,

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because of the name of the Lord thy God.

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For we have heard the fame of him,
and all that he did in Egypt, and all that

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he did to the two kings of the Amorites
that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon,

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king of Heshbon, and to Og, king of
Bashan, which was at Ashtoroth.

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Wherefore our elders and all the
inhabitants of our country spake to us,

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saying, Take vittles with you for the
journey, and go to meet them, and say unto

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them, We are your servants, therefore now
make ye a league with us.

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This our bread we took hot for our
provision out of our houses on the day we

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came forth to go unto you.

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But now behold, it is dry, and it is
moldy, and these bottles of wine which we

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filled were new, and behold they be rent,
and these our garments and our shoes are

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become old by reason of the very long
journey.

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And the men took their vittles,
and asked not counsel at the mouth of the

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Lord.

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And Joshua made peace with them,
and made a league with them to let them

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live.

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And the princes of the congregation swear
unto them.

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And it came to pass at the end of three
days after they had made a league with

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them, that they heard that they were their
neighbors, and that they dwelt among them.

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And the children of Israel journeyed,
and came unto their cities on the third

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day.

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Now their cities were Gibeon, and Kephira,
and Beoroth, and Kirjath-jearim.

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And the children of Israel smote them not,
because the princes of the congregation

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had sworn unto them by the Lord God of
Israel.

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And all the congregation murmured against
the princes.

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But all the princes said unto all the
congregation, We have sworn unto them by

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the Lord God of Israel.

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Now therefore we may not touch them.

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This we will do to them.

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We will even let them live, lest wrath be
upon us, because of the oath which we

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swear unto them.

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And the princes said unto them,
Let them live, but let them be hewers of

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wood, and drawers of water, unto all the
congregation, as the princes had promised

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them.

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And Joshua called for them, and he spake
unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye

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beguiled us, saying, We are very far from
you, when ye dwell among us.

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Now therefore ye are cursed, and there
shall none of you be freed from being

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bondmen, and hewers of wood, and drawers
of water, for the house of my God.

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And they answered Joshua, and said,
Because it was certainly told thy

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servants, how that the Lord thy God
commanded his servant Moses to give you

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all the land, and to destroy all the
inhabitants of the land from before you.

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Therefore we were sore afraid of our lives
because of you, and have done this thing.

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And now, behold, we are in thine hand,
as it seemeth good and right unto thee to

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do unto us due.

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And so did he unto them, and delivered
them out of the hand of the children of

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Israel, that they slew them not.

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And Joshua made them that day hewers of
wood, and drawers of water for the

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congregation, and for the altar of the
Lord, even unto this day, in the place

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which he should choose.