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1 And it will be when all the kings hear which are on the other side Jordan, in the mountain and in the plain, and in all the coast of the great sea, and in front of Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite; 2 And they will gather together to fight with Joshua and with Israel with one mouth. 3 And the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and to Ai. 4 And they will do in guile, and will go and will lay snares, and will take sacking worn out, for their asses, and leather sacks of wine worn out, and being rent and bound up; 5 And shoes worn out and mended, upon their feet, and garments worn out upon them; and all the bread of their food dry; it was crumbs. 6 And they will come to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and will say to him and to the men of Israel, From a land far off we came: and now cut out to us a covenant. 7 And the men of Israel will say to the Hivite, Perhaps thou shalt dwell in the midst of me, and I shall not make a covenant to thee. 8 And they will say to Joshua, We thy servants. And Joshua will say to them, Who are ye? and from whence will ye come? 9 And they will say to him, From a land very far off thy servants came, for the name of Jehovah thy God; for we heard his fame and all that he did in Egypt. Joshua 9:1-9, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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