Josh.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 over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
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All the kings west of the Jordan in the hills and foothills and along the Mediterranean seacoast north toward Lebanon--the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, Girgashites, and Jebusites--got the news.
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Now when all the kings west of the Jordan heard about these things-those in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Great Sea as far as Lebanon (the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites)-
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And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side of the Jordan, in the hills and in the lowland and in all the coasts of the Great Sea toward Lebanon--the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite--heard about it,
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Now all the kings west of the Jordan heard about what had happened. (These were the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who lived in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea as far north as the Lebanon mountains.)
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That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
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They came together in a coalition to fight against Joshua and Israel under a single command.
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they came together to make war against Joshua and Israel.
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that they gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one accord.
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These kings quickly combined their armies to fight against Joshua and the Israelites.
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And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
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The people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai
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However, when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
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But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
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But when the people of Gibeon heard what had happened to Jericho and Ai,
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They did work wilily, 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;
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and cooked up a ruse. They posed as travelers: their donkeys loaded with patched sacks and mended wineskins,
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they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.
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they worked craftily, and went and pretended to be ambassadors. And they took old sacks on their donkeys, old wineskins torn and mended,
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they resorted to deception to save themselves. They sent ambassadors to Joshua, loading their donkeys with weathered saddlebags and old patched wineskins.
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And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
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threadbare sandals on their feet, tattered clothes on their bodies, nothing but dry crusts and crumbs for food.
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The men put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy.
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old and patched sandals on their feet, and old garments on themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.
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They put on ragged clothes and worn-out, patched sandals. And they took along dry, moldy bread for provisions.
Josh.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 ye a league with us.
Josh.9.6
They came to Joshua at Gilgal and spoke to the men of Israel, "We've come from a far-off country; make a covenant with us."
Josh.9.6
Then they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, "We have come from a distant country; make a treaty with us."
Josh.9.6
And they went to Joshua, to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, "We have come from a far country; now therefore, make a covenant with us."
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When they arrived at the camp of Israel at Gilgal, they told Joshua and the men of Israel, "We have come from a distant land to ask you to make a peace treaty with us."
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And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
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The men of Israel said to these Hivites, "How do we know you aren't local people? How could we then make a covenant with you?"
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The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "But perhaps you live near us. How then can we make a treaty with you?"
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Then the men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you dwell among us; so how can we make a covenant with you?"
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The Israelites replied to these Hivites, "How do we know you don't live nearby? For if you do, we cannot make a treaty with you."
Josh.9.8
And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
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They said to Joshua, "We'll be your servants." Joshua said, "Who are you now? Where did you come from?"
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"We are your servants," they said to Joshua. But Joshua asked, "Who are you and where do you come from?"
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But they said to Joshua, "We are your servants." And Joshua said to them, "Who are you, and where do you come from?"
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They replied, "We will be your servants.But who are you?" Joshua demanded. "Where do you come from?"
Josh.9.9
And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
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They said, "From a far-off country, very far away. Your servants came because we'd heard such great things about GOD, your God--all those things he did in Egypt!
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They answered: "Your servants have come from a very distant country because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard reports of him: all that he did in Egypt,
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So they said to him: "From a very far country your servants have come, because of the name of the LORD your God; for we have heard of His fame, and all that He did in Egypt,
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They answered, "We are from a very distant country. We have heard of the might of the LORD your God and of all he did in Egypt.
Josh.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.
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And the two Amorite kings across the Jordan, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth!
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and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan-Sihon king of Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.
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and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan--to Sihon king of Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
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We have also heard what he did to the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River--King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan (who lived in Ashtaroth).
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Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake 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 ye a league with us.
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Our leaders and everybody else in our country told us, "Pack up some food for the road and go meet them. Tell them, We're your servants; make a covenant with us.'
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And our elders and all those living in our country said to us, 'Take provisions for your journey; go and meet them and say to them, "We are your servants; make a treaty with us."'
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Therefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, "Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, "We are your servants; now therefore, make a covenant with us."'
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So our leaders and our people instructed us, `Prepare for a long journey. Go meet with the people of Israel and declare our people to be their servants, and ask for peace.'
Josh.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:
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"This bread was warm from the oven when we packed it and left to come and see you. Now look at it--crusts and crumbs.
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This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But now see how dry and moldy it is.
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This bread of ours we took hot for our provision from our houses on the day we departed to come to you. But now look, it is dry and moldy.
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"This bread was hot from the ovens when we left. But now, as you can see, it is dry and moldy.
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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.
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And our cracked and mended wineskins, good as new when we filled them. And our clothes and sandals, in tatters from the long, hard traveling."
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And these wineskins that we filled were new, but see how cracked they are. And our clothes and sandals are worn out by the very long journey."
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And these wineskins which we filled were new, and see, they are torn; and these our garments and our sandals have become old because of the very long journey."
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These wineskins were new when we filled them, but now they are old and cracked. And our clothing and sandals are worn out from our long, hard trip."
Josh.9.14
And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.
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The men of Israel looked them over and accepted the evidence. But they didn't ask GOD about it.
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The men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the LORD.
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Then the men of Israel took some of their provisions; but they did not ask counsel of the LORD.
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So the Israelite leaders examined their bread, but they did not consult the LORD.
Josh.9.15
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
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So Joshua made peace with them and formalized it with a covenant to guarantee their lives. The leaders of the congregation swore to it.
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Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.
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So Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them to let them live; and the rulers of the congregation swore to them.
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Then Joshua went ahead and signed a peace treaty with them, and the leaders of Israel ratified their agreement with a binding oath.
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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.
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And then, three days after making this covenant, they learned that they were next-door neighbors who had been living there all along!
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Three days after they made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites heard that they were neighbors, living near them.
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And it happened at the end of three days, after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors who dwelt near them.
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Three days later, the facts came out--these people of Gibeon lived nearby!
Josh.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.
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The People of Israel broke camp and set out; three days later they reached their towns--Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.
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So the Israelites set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim.
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Then the children of Israel journeyed and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kirjath Jearim.
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The Israelites set out at once to investigate and reached their towns in three days. The names of these towns were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
Josh.9.18
And the children of Israel smote 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.
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But the People of Israel didn't attack them; the leaders of the congregation had given their word before the GOD of Israel. But the congregation was up in arms over their leaders.
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But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. The whole assembly grumbled against the leaders,
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But the children of Israel did not attack them, because the rulers of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation complained against the rulers.
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But the Israelites did not attack the towns, for their leaders had made a vow to the LORD, the God of Israel. The people of Israel grumbled against their leaders because of the treaty.
Josh.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.
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The leaders were united in their response to the congregation: "We promised them in the presence of the GOD of Israel. We can't lay a hand on them now.
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but all the leaders answered, "We have given them our oath by the LORD, the God of Israel, and we cannot touch them now.
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Then all the rulers said to all the congregation, "We have sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel; now therefore, we may not touch them.
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But the leaders replied, "We have sworn an oath in the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel. We cannot touch them.
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This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
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But we can do this: We will let them live so we don't get blamed for breaking our promise."
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This is what we will do to them: We will let them live, so that wrath will not fall on us for breaking the oath we swore to them."
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This we will do to them: We will let them live, lest wrath be upon us because of the oath which we swore to them."
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We must let them live, for God would be angry with us if we broke our oath.
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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.
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Then the leaders continued, "We'll let them live, but they will be woodcutters and water carriers for the entire congregation." And that's what happened; the leaders' promise was kept.
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They continued, "Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the entire community." So the leaders' promise to them was kept.
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And the rulers said to them, "Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, as the rulers had promised them."
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Let them live. But we will make them chop the wood and carry the water for the entire community." So the Israelites kept their promise to the Gibeonites.
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And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
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But Joshua called the Gibeonites together and said, "Why did you lie to us, telling us, "We live far, far away from you,' when you're our next-door neighbors?
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Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, "Why did you deceive us by saying, 'We live a long way from you,' while actually you live near us?
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Then Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, "Why have you deceived us, saying, "We are very far from you,' when you dwell near us?
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But Joshua called together the Gibeonite leaders and said, "Why did you lie to us? Why did you say that you live in a distant land when you live right here among us?
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Now therefore ye 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.
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For that you are cursed. From now on it's menial labor for you--woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."
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You are now under a curse: You will never cease to serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."
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Now therefore, you are cursed, and none of you shall be freed from being slaves--woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."
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May you be cursed! From now on you will chop wood and carry water for the house of my God."
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And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy 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.
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They answered Joshua, "We got the message loud and clear that GOD, your God, commanded through his servant Moses: to give you the whole country and destroy everyone living in it. We were terrified because of you; that's why we did this.
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They answered Joshua, "Your servants were clearly told how the LORD your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you the whole land and to wipe out all its inhabitants from before you. So we feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.
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So they answered Joshua and said, "Because your servants were clearly told 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 very much afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
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They replied, "We did it because we were told that the LORD your God instructed his servant Moses to conquer this entire land and destroy all the people living in it. So we feared for our lives because of you. That is why we have done it.
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And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
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That's it. We're at your mercy. Whatever you decide is right for us, do it."
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We are now in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you."
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And now, here we are, in your hands; do with us as it seems good and right to do to us."
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Now we are at your mercy--do whatever you think is right."
Josh.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.
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And that's what they did. Joshua delivered them from the power of the People of Israel so they didn't kill them.
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So Joshua saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them.
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So he did to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, so that they did not kill them.
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Joshua did not allow the people of Israel to kill them.
Josh.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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But he made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the Altar of GOD at the place GOD chooses. They still are.
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That day he made the Gibeonites woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the LORD at the place the LORD would choose. And that is what they are to this day.
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And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, in the place which He would choose, even to this day.
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But that day he made the Gibeonites the woodchoppers and water carriers for the people of Israel and for the altar of the LORD--wherever the LORD would choose to build it. That arrangement continues to this day.
