9:1 As
soon
as
all
the
kings
who
were
beyond
the
Jordan
in
the
hill
country
and
in
the
lowland
all
along
the
coast
of
the
Great
Sea
toward
Lebanon,
the
Hittites,
the
Amorites,
the
Canaanites,
the
Perizzites,
the
Hivites,
and
the
Jebusites,
heard
of
this,
9:2 they
gathered
together
as
one
to
fight
against
Joshua
and
Israel.
9:3 But
when
the
inhabitants
of
Gibeon
heard
what
Joshua
had
done
to
Jericho
and
to
Ai,
9:4 they
on
their
part
acted
with
cunning
and
went
and
made
ready
provisions
and
took
worn-out
sacks
for
their
donkeys,
and
wineskins,
worn-out
and
torn
and
mended,
9:5 with
worn-out,
patched
sandals
on
their
feet,
and
worn-out
clothes.
And
all
their
provisions
were
dry
and
crumbly.
9:6 And
they
went
to
Joshua
in
the
camp
at
Gilgal
and
said
to
him
and
to
the
men
of
Israel,
"We
have
come
from
a
distant
country,
so
now
make
a
covenant
with
us."
9:7 But
the
men
of
Israel
said
to
the
Hivites,
"Perhaps
you
live
among
us;
then
how
can
we
make
a
covenant
with
you"
9:8 They
said
to
Joshua,
"We
are
your
servants."
And
Joshua
said
to
them,
"Who
are
you
And
where
do
you
come
from"
9:9 They
said
to
him,
"From
a
very
distant
country
your
servants
have
come,
because
of
the
name
of
the
LORD
your
God.
For
we
have
heard
a
report
of
him,
and
all
that
he
did
in
Egypt,
9:10 and
all
that
he
did
to
the
two
kings
of
the
Amorites
who
were
beyond
the
Jordan,
to
Sihon
the
king
of
Heshbon,
and
to
Og
king
of
Bashan,
who
lived
in
Ashtaroth.
9:11 So
our
elders
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
our
country
said
to
us,
'Take
provisions
in
your
hand
for
the
journey
and
go
to
meet
them
and
say
to
them,
"We
are
your
servants.
Come
now,
make
a
covenant
with
us."'
9:12 Here
is
our
bread.
It
was
still
warm
when
we
took
it
from
our
houses
as
our
food
for
the
journey
on
the
day
we
set
out
to
come
to
you,
but
now,
behold,
it
is
dry
and
crumbly.
9:13 These
wineskins
were
new
when
we
filled
them,
and
behold,
they
have
burst.
And
these
garments
and
sandals
of
ours
are
worn
out
from
the
very
long
journey."
9:14 So
the
men
took
some
of
their
provisions,
but
did
not
ask
counsel
from
the
LORD.
9:15 And
Joshua
made
peace
with
them
and
made
a
covenant
with
them,
to
let
them
live,
and
the
leaders
of
the
congregation
swore
to
them.
9:16 At
the
end
of
three
days
after
they
had
made
a
covenant
with
them,
they
heard
that
they
were
their
neighbors
and
that
they
lived
among
them.
9:17 And
the
people
of
Israel
set
out
and
reached
their
cities
on
the
third
day.
Now
their
cities
were
Gibeon,
Chephirah,
Beeroth,
and
Kiriath-jearim.
9:18 But
the
people
of
Israel
did
not
attack
them,
because
the
leaders
of
the
congregation
had
sworn
to
them
by
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel.
Then
all
the
congregation
murmured
against
the
leaders.
9:19 But
all
the
leaders
said
to
all
the
congregation,
"We
have
sworn
to
them
by
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel,
and
now
we
may
not
touch
them.
9:20 This
we
will
do
to
them:
let
them
live,
lest
wrath
be
upon
us,
because
of
the
oath
that
we
swore
to
them."
9:21 And
the
leaders
said
to
them,
"Let
them
live."
So
they
became
cutters
of
wood
and
drawers
of
water
for
all
the
congregation,
just
as
the
leaders
had
said
of
them.
9:22 Joshua
summoned
them,
and
he
said
to
them,
"Why
did
you
deceive
us,
saying,
'We
are
very
far
from
you,'
when
you
dwell
among
us
9:23 Now
therefore
you
are
cursed,
and
some
of
you
shall
never
be
anything
but
servants,
cutters
of
wood
and
drawers
of
water
for
the
house
of
my
God."
9:24 They
answered
Joshua,
"Because
it
was
told
to
your
servants
for
a
certainty
that
the
LORD
your
God
had
commanded
his
servant
Moses
to
give
you
all
the
land
and
to
destroy
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
from
before
you--so
we
feared
greatly
for
our
lives
because
of
you
and
did
this
thing.
9:25 And
now,
behold,
we
are
in
your
hand.
Whatever
seems
good
and
right
in
your
sight
to
do
to
us,
do
it."
9:26 So
he
did
this
to
them
and
delivered
them
out
of
the
hand
of
the
people
of
Israel,
and
they
did
not
kill
them.
9:27 But
Joshua
made
them
that
day
cutters
of
wood
and
drawers
of
water
for
the
congregation
and
for
the
altar
of
the
LORD,
to
this
day,
in
the
place
that
he
should
choose.