The men of Israel said to the (A)Hivites, “Perhaps you are living [a]within our land; (B)how then shall we make a covenant with you?” But they said to Joshua, “(C)We are your servants.” Then Joshua said to them, “Who are you and where do you come from?” They said to him, “Your servants have come from (D)a very far country because of the [b]fame of the Lord your God; for (E)we have heard the report of Him and all that He did in Egypt,

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 9:7 Lit among us
  2. Joshua 9:9 Or name

The Israelites said to the Hivites,(A) “But perhaps you live near us, so how can we make a treaty(B) with you?”

“We are your servants,(C)” they said to Joshua.

But Joshua asked, “Who are you and where do you come from?”

They answered: “Your servants have come from a very distant country(D) because of the fame of the Lord your God. For we have heard reports(E) of him: all that he did in Egypt,(F)

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