Joshua 9
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Joshua 9:3-9

3But whenH834 the inhabitantsH3427 of GibeonH1391 heardH8085 what JoshuaH3091 had done unto JerichoH3405 and to Ai, 4they alsoH1571 did work wilily, and went and madeH6213 as if they had been ambassadors, and tookH3947 old sacksH8242 upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and rent and bound up, 5and old and patched shoes upon their feetH7272, and old garmentsH8008 upon them; and all the breadH3899 of their provision wasH1961 dryH3001 and wasH1961 becomeH1961 mouldy. 6And they wentH935 to JoshuaH3091 unto the campH4264 at GilgalH1537, and saidH559 unto him, and to the menH376 of IsraelH3478, We are comeH935 from a farH7350 country: nowH6258 thereforeH6258 makeH3772 ye a covenantH1285 with us. 7And the menH376 of IsraelH3478 saidH559 unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwellH3427 among us; and howH349 shall we makeH3772 a covenantH1285 with you? 8And they saidH559 unto JoshuaH3091, We are thy servantsH5650. And JoshuaH3091 saidH559 unto them, Who are ye? and from whence comeH935 ye? 9And they saidH559 unto him, From a veryH3966 farH7350 country thy servantsH5650 are comeH935 because of the nameH8034 of Jehovah thy GodH430: for we have heardH8085 the fame of him, and all that he did in EgyptH4714,

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain