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they went to Joshua, to the camp at Gilgal, and saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ when you
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said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have dwell near us? Now therefore, you are
come from a far country; now therefore, make cursed, and none of you shall be freed from
a covenant with us.” being slaves—woodcutters and water carriers
7 Then the men of Israel said to the Hivites, for the house of my God.”
“Perhaps you dwell among us; so how can we 24 So they answered Joshua and said, “Be-
make a covenant with you?” cause your servants were clearly told that the
8 But they said to Joshua, “We are your ser- LORD your God commanded His servant
vants.” Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy
And Joshua said to them, “Who are you, and all the inhabitants of the land from before you;
where do you come from?” therefore we were very much afraid for our
9 So they said to him: “From a very far coun- lives because of you, and have done this thing.
try your servants have come, because of the 25 And now, here we are, in your hands; do with
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name of the LORD your God; for we have heard us as it seems good and right to do to us.” So
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of His fame, and all that He did in Egypt, and he did to them, and delivered them out of the
all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites hand of the children of Israel, so that they did
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who were beyond the Jordan—to Sihon king of not kill them. And that day Joshua made them
Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who was at woodcutters and water carriers for the congre-
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Ashtaroth. Therefore our elders and all the gation and for the altar of the LORD, in the place
inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, which He would choose, even to this day.
‘Take provisions with you for the journey, and Now it came to pass when Adoni-Zedek
go to meet them, and say to them, “We are 10 king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had
your servants; now therefore, make a covenant taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it—as he
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with us.” ’ This bread of ours we took hot for had done to Jericho and its king, so he had
our provision from our houses on the day we done to Ai and its king—and how the inhabi-
departed to come to you. But now look, it is tants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel
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dry and moldy. And these wineskins which and were among them, that they feared great-
we filled were new, and see, they are torn; and ly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of
these our garments and our sandals have the royal cities, and because it was greater
become old because of the very long journey.” than Ai, and all its men were mighty. There-
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14 Then the men of Israel took some of their fore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to
provisions; but they did not ask counsel of the Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of
LORD. So Joshua made peace with them, and Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir
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made a covenant with them to let them live; and king of Eglon, saying, “Come up to me and
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the rulers of the congregation swore to them. help me, that we may attack Gibeon, for it has
16 And it happened at the end of three days, made peace with Joshua and with the children
after they had made a covenant with them, that of Israel.” Therefore the five kings of the
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they heard that they were their neighbors who Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of
dwelt near them. Then the children of Israel Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of
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journeyed and came to their cities on the third Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered
day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, together and went up, they and all their
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Beeroth, and Kirjath Jearim. But the children armies, and camped before Gibeon and made
of Israel did not attack them, because the war against it.
rulers of the congregation had sworn to them 6 And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at
by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congre- the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Do not forsake
gation complained against the rulers. your servants; come up to us quickly, save us
19 Then all the rulers said to all the congre- and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites
gation, “We have sworn to them by the LORD who dwell in the mountains have gathered
God of Israel; now therefore, we may not touch together against us.”
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them. This we will do to them: We will let 7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he and all
them live, lest wrath be upon us because of the people of war with him, and all the mighty
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the oath which we swore to them.” And the men of valor. And the LORD said to Joshua,
rulers said to them, “Let them live, but let “Do not fear them, for I have delivered them
them be woodcutters and water carriers for all into your hand; not a man of them shall stand
the congregation, as the rulers had promised before you.” Joshua therefore came upon
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them.” them suddenly, having marched all night from
22 Then Joshua called for them, and he spoke Gilgal. So the LORD routed them before
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to them, saying, “Why have you deceived us, Israel, killed them with a great slaughter at
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