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1 # And it came to pass, when all the kings <04428> which were on this side <05676> Jordan <03383>, in the hills <02022> , and in the valleys <08219>, and in all the coasts <02348> of the great <01419> sea <03220> over against <04136> Lebanon <03844> , the Hittite <02850>, and the Amorite <0567>, the Canaanite <03669>, the Perizzite <06522>, the Hivite <02340>, and the Jebusite <02983>, heard <08085> (8800) thereof;
2 That they gathered <06908> (8691) themselves together <03162>, to fight <03898> (8736) with Joshua <03091> and with Israel <03478>, with one <0259> accord <06310>.
3 # And when the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Gibeon <01391> heard <08085> (8804) what Joshua <03091> had done <06213> (8804) unto Jericho <03405> and to Ai <05857>,
4 They did work <06213> (8799) wilily <06195>, and went <03212> (8799) and made as if they had been ambassadors <06737> (8691), and took <03947> (8799) old <01087> sacks <08242> upon their asses <02543>, and wine <03196> bottles <04997>, old <01087>, and rent <01234> (8794), and bound up <06887> (8794);
5 And old <01087> shoes <05275> and clouted <02921> (8794) upon their feet <07272>, and old <01087> garments <08008> upon them; and all the bread <03899> of their provision <06718> was dry <03001> (8804) and mouldy <05350> .
6 And they went <03212> (8799) to Joshua <03091> unto the camp <04264> at Gilgal <01537>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, and to the men <0376> of Israel <03478>, We be come <0935> (8804) from a far <07350> country <0776> : now therefore make <03772> (8798) ye a league <01285> with us.
7 And the men <0376> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto the Hivites <02340>, Peradventure <0194> ye dwell <03427> (8802) among <07130> us; and how shall we make <03772> (8799) a league <01285> with you?
8 And they said <0559> (8799) unto Joshua <03091>, We are thy servants <05650>. And Joshua <03091> said <0559> (8799) unto them, Who are ye? and from whence <0370> come <0935> (8799) ye?
9 And they said <0559> (8799) unto him, From a very <03966> far <07350> country <0776> thy servants <05650> are come <0935> (8804) because of the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>: for we have heard <08085> (8804) the fame <08089> of him, and all that he did <06213> (8804) in Egypt <04714>,
10 And all that he did <06213> (8804) to the two <08147> kings <04428> of the Amorites <0567>, that were beyond <05676> Jordan <03383>, to Sihon <05511> king <04428> of Heshbon <02809>, and to Og <05747> king <04428> of Bashan <01316>, which was at Ashtaroth <06252>.
11 Wherefore our elders <02205> and all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of our country <0776> spake <0559> (8799) to us, saying <0559> (8800), Take <03947> (8798) victuals <06720> with you <03027> for the journey <01870> , and go <03212> (8798) to meet <07125> (8800) them, and say <0559> (8804) unto them, We are your servants <05650>: therefore now make <03772> (8798) ye a league <01285> with us.
12 This our bread <03899> we took hot <02525> for our provision <06679> (8694) out of our houses <01004> on the day <03117> we came forth <03318> (8800) to go <03212> (8800) unto you; but now, behold, it is dry <03001> (8804) , and it is mouldy <05350>:
13 And these bottles <04997> of wine <03196>, which we filled <04390> (8765), were new <02319>; and, behold, they be rent <01234> (8694): and these our garments <08008> and our shoes <05275> are become old <01086> (8804) by reason of the very <03966> long <07230> journey <01870>.
14 And the men <0582> took <03947> (8799) of their victuals <06718>, and asked <07592> (8804) not counsel at the mouth <06310> of the LORD <03068>.
15 # And Joshua <03091> made <06213> (8799) peace <07965> with them, and made <03772> (8799) a league <01285> with them, to let them live <02421> (8763): and the princes <05387> of the congregation <05712> sware <07650> (8735) unto them.
16 And it came to pass at the end <07097> of three <07969> days <03117> after <0310> they had made <03772> (8804) a league <01285> with them, that they heard <08085> (8799) that they were their neighbours <07138>, and that they dwelt <03427> (8802) among <07130> them.
17 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> journeyed <05265> (8799), and came <0935> (8799) unto their cities <05892> on the third <07992> day <03117>. Now their cities <05892> were Gibeon <01391>, and Chephirah <03716> , and Beeroth <0881>, and Kirjathjearim <07157>.
18 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> smote <05221> (8689) them not, because the princes <05387> of the congregation <05712> had sworn <07650> (8738) unto them by the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>. And all the congregation <05712> murmured <03885> (8735) against the princes <05387>.
19 But all the princes <05387> said <0559> (8799) unto all the congregation <05712>, We have sworn <07650> (8738) unto them by the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>: now therefore we may <03201> (8799) not touch <05060> (8800) them.
20 This we will do <06213> (8799) to them; we will even let them live <02421> (8687), lest wrath <07110> be upon us, because of the oath <07621> which we sware <07650> (8738) unto them.
21 And the princes <05387> said <0559> (8799) unto them, Let them live <02421> (8799); but let them be hewers <02404> (8802) of wood <06086> and drawers <07579> (8802) of water <04325> unto all the congregation <05712>; as the princes <05387> had promised <01696> (8765) them.
22 # And Joshua <03091> called <07121> (8799) for them, and he spake <01696> (8762) unto them, saying <0559> (8800), Wherefore have ye beguiled <07411> (8765) us, saying <0559> (8800), We are very <03966> far <07350> from you; when ye dwell <03427> (8802) among <07130> us?
23 Now therefore ye are cursed <0779> (8803), and there shall none of you be freed <03772> (8735) from being bondmen <05650>, and hewers <02404> (8802) of wood <06086> and drawers <07579> (8802) of water <04325> for the house <01004> of my God <0430>.
24 And they answered <06030> (8799) Joshua <03091>, and said <0559> (8799), Because it was certainly <05046> (8715) told <05046> (8717) thy servants <05650>, how that the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> commanded <06680> (8765) his servant <05650> Moses <04872> to give <05414> (8800) you all the land <0776>, and to destroy <08045> (8687) all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the land <0776> from before <06440> you, therefore we were sore <03966> afraid <03372> (8799) of our lives <05315> because <06440> of you, and have done <06213> (8799) this thing <01697>.
25 And now, behold, we <02009> are in thine hand <03027>: as it seemeth <05869> good <02896> and right <03477> unto thee to do <06213> (8800) unto us, do <06213> (8798).
26 And so did <06213> (8799) he unto them, and delivered <05337> (8686) them out of the hand <03027> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, that they slew <02026> (8804) them not.
27 And Joshua <03091> made <05414> (8799) them that day <03117> hewers <02404> (8802) of wood <06086> and drawers <07579> (8802) of water <04325> for the congregation <05712>, and for the altar <04196> of the LORD <03068> , even unto this day <03117>, in the place <04725> which he should choose <0977> (8799).