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22 And Joshua called for them, and he said to them, Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you, when you dwell among us? 23 Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being gatherers of wood and drawers of water for the house of God. 24 And they answered and said to Joshua, Because it was certainly told your servants that the LORD your God commanded Moses his servant to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were exceedingly afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing. 25 And now, behold, we are in your hands; do to us as it seems good in your sight. 26 And so Joshua did unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the Israelites, and they did not slay them. 27 And Joshua made them that day gatherers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, even to this day, in the place which he should choose. Joshua 9:22-27, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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