Joshua 9:24-26
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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 before you, so we were in great fear for our lives because of you and did this thing.(A) 25 And now we are in your hand: do as it seems good and right in your sight to do to us.”(B) 26 This is what he did for them: he saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them.
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Joshua 9:24-26
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24 They answered Joshua, “Your servants were clearly told(A) how the Lord your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you the whole land and to wipe out all its inhabitants from before you. So we feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this. 25 We are now in your hands.(B) Do to us whatever seems good and right(C) to you.”
26 So Joshua saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them.
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