Joshua 9:11
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Josh 9:11
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~"So our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, `Take provisions in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them and say to them, "We are your servants; now then, make a covenant with us."'
Josh 9:12
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~"This our bread {was} warm {when} we took it for our provisions out of our houses on the day that we left to come to you; but now behold, it is dry and has become crumbled.
Josh 9:13
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~"These wineskins which we filled were new, and behold, they are torn; and these our clothes and our sandals are worn out because of the very long journey."
Josh 9:14
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So the men {of Israel} took some of their provisions, and did not ask for the counsel of the LORD.
Josh 9:15
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Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore {an oath} to them.
Josh 9:16
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It came about at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were neighbors and that they were living within their land.
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