Then the men of Israel said unto the [a]Hivites, It may be that thou dwellest among us, how then can I make a league with thee?

And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. Then Joshua said unto them, Who are ye, and whence come ye?

And they answered him, From a very far country thy servants are come for [b]the Name of the Lord thy God: for we have heard his fame and all that he hath done in Egypt,

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 9:7 For the Gibeonites and the Hivites were all one people.
  2. Joshua 9:9 Even the idolaters for fear of death will pretend to honor the true God, and receive his religion.

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