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                                     Joshua


                                    Chapter 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;

  2. That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua
     and with Israel, with one accord.

  3. And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had
     done unto Jericho and to Ai,

  4. 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;

  5. And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments
     upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and
     mouldy.

  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.

  7. And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye
     dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

  8. And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua
     said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

  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,

 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.

 11. 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.

 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:

 13. 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.

 14. And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at
     the mouth of the LORD.

 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.

 16. 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 20. 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.

 21. 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.

 22. 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?

 23. 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.

 24. 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.

 25. And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good
     and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

 26. And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand
     of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

 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.