Joshua 9:8
Good News Translation
They said to Joshua, "We are at your service." Joshua asked them, "Who are you? Where do you come from?"

New Revised Standard Version
They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” And Joshua said to them, “Who are you? And where do you come from?”

New American Bible
But they answered Joshua, “We are your servants.” Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you? Where do you come from?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But they said to Joshua: We are thy servants. Joshua said to them: Who are you? and whence came you?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But they said to Joshua: We are thy servants. Joshua said to them: Who are you? and whence came you?

Joshua 8:11,23,25,27 And when they were come, and were gone up over against the city, they stood on the north side of the city, between which and them there was a valley in the midst. . . .

Genesis 9:25,26 He said: Cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. . . .

Deuteronomy 20:11 If they receive it, and open the gates to thee, all the people that are therein, shall be saved, and shall serve thee paying tribute.

1 Kings 9:20,21 All the people that were left of the Amorrhites, and Hethites, and Pherezites, and Hevites, and Jebusites, that are not of the children of Israel: . . .

2 Kings 10:5 Therefore they that were over the king's house, and the rulers of the city, and the ancients, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying: We are thy servants: whatsoever thou shalt command us we will do; we will not make us any king: do thou all that pleaseth thee.

Context
The Deceit of the Gibeonites
7Perhaps you dwell in the land which falls to our lot; if so, we can make no league with you. 8But they said to Joshua: We are thy servants. Joshua said to them: Who are you? and whence came you?9They answered: From a very far country thy servants are come in the name of the Lord thy God. For we have heard the fame of his power, all the things that he did in Egypt.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:11
If they receive it, and open the gates to thee, all the people that are therein, shall be saved, and shall serve thee paying tribute.

Joshua 9:11
And our ancients, and all the inhabitants of our country, said to us: Take with you victuals for a long way, and go meet them, and say: We are your servants, make ye a league with us.

2 Kings 10:5
Therefore they that were over the king's house, and the rulers of the city, and the ancients, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying: We are thy servants: whatsoever thou shalt command us we will do; we will not make us any king: do thou all that pleaseth thee.

Joshua 9:7
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