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cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Text Analysis</div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/joshua/9-23.htm">Go to Parallel Hebrew</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" class="maintext"><tr><td class="top" width="25%">Strong's</td><td class="top" width="25%">Hebrew</td><td class="top" width="25%">English</td><td class="top" width="25%">Morphology</td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6258: 1) now <BR> 1a) now <BR> 1b) in phrases">6258</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6258 -- Occurrence 93 of 431">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וְעַתָּ֖ה<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/veattah_6258.htm" title="ve·'at·Tah: Now -- Occurrence 62 of 271.">wə-‘at-tāh</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Now therefore</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Adverb">Conj-w | Adv</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/779.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 779: 1) to curse <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to curse <BR> 1a2) cursed be he (participle used as in curses) <BR> 1b) (Niphal) to be cursed, cursed <BR> 1c)(Piel) to curse, lay under a curse, put a curse on <BR> 1d) (Hophal) to be made a curse, be cursed">779</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_779.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 779 -- Occurrence 43 of 63">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אֲרוּרִ֣ים<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/arurim_779.htm" title="'a·ru·Rim: are cursed -- Occurrence 1 of 3.">’ă-rū-rîm</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">[are] cursed</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural">V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 859: 1) you (second pers. sing. masc.)">859</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 859 -- Occurrence 282 of 1091">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אַתֶּ֑ם<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/attem_859.htm" title="'at·Tem;: and you -- Occurrence 69 of 213.">’at-tem;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">you</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Pronoun - second person masculine plural">Pro-2mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no <BR> 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) <BR> 1b) not (with modifier-negation) <BR> 1c) nothing (subst) <BR> 1d) without (with particle) <BR> 1e) before (of time)">3808</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3808 -- Occurrence 1382 of 5184">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וְלֹֽא־<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/velo_3808.htm" title="ve·lo-: shall never -- Occurrence 374 of 1589.">wə-lō-</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and none</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Adverb - Negative particle">Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3772: 1) to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to cut off <BR> 1a1a) to cut off a body part, behead <BR> 1a2) to cut down <BR> 1a3) to hew <BR> 1a4) to cut or make a covenant <BR> 1b) (Niphal) <BR> 1b1) to be cut off <BR> 1b2) to be cut down <BR> 1b3) to be chewed <BR> 1b4) to be cut off, fail <BR> 1c) (Pual) <BR> 1c1) to be cut off <BR> 1c2) to be cut down <BR> 1d) (Hiphil) <BR> 1d1) to cut off <BR> 1d2) to cut off, destroy <BR> 1d3) to cut down, destroy <BR> 1d4) to take away <BR> 1d5) to permit to perish <BR> 1e) (Hophal) cut off">3772</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3772 -- Occurrence 81 of 289">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">יִכָּרֵ֨ת<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/yikkaret_3772.htm" title="yik·ka·Ret: cease -- Occurrence 4 of 23.">yik-kā-rêṯ</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">shall be freed</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular">V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep<BR> 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than <BR> 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of <BR> 1b) out of <BR> 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) <BR> 1b2) (of material from which something is made) <BR> 1b3) (of source or origin) <BR> 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) <BR> 1d) from, since, after (of time) <BR> 1e) than, more than (in comparison) <BR> 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or <BR> 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) <BR> 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) <BR> conj <BR> 2) that">4480</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 4480 -- Occurrence 414 of 1223">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מִכֶּ֜ם<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/mikkem_4480.htm" title="mik·Kem: being -- Occurrence 14 of 38.">mik-kem</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">of you</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition :: second person masculine plural">Prep | 2mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5650: 1) slave, servant <BR> 1a) slave, servant, man-servant <BR> 1b) subjects <BR> 1c) servants, worshippers (of God) <BR> 1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc) <BR> 1e) servant (of Israel) <BR> 1f) servant (as form of address between equals)">5650</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5650 -- Occurrence 192 of 800">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">עֶ֗בֶד<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/eved_5650.htm" title="'E·ved,: slaves -- Occurrence 26 of 64.">‘e-ḇeḏ,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">from being slaves</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular">N-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2404.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2404: 1) to cut, gather <BR> 1a) (Qal) to cut, gather (wood) <BR> 1b) (Pual) to cut, carve">2404</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2404.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2404 -- Occurrence 4 of 9">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וְחֹטְבֵ֥י<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/vechotevei_2404.htm" title="ve·cho·te·Vei: hewers -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">wə-ḥō-ṭə-ḇê</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct">Conj-w | V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6086: 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows <BR> 1a) tree, trees <BR> 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax">6086</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6086 -- Occurrence 113 of 329">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">עֵצִ֛ים<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/etzim_6086.htm" title="'e·Tzim: of wood -- Occurrence 8 of 28.">‘ê-ṣîm</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">woodcutters</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine plural">N-mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/7579.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 7579: 1) to draw (water) <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to draw (water) <BR> 1a2) water-drawing women (participle)">7579</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7579.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7579 -- Occurrence 11 of 19">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/veshoavei_7579.htm" title="ve·sho·'a·vei-: and drawers -- Occurrence 2 of 3.">wə-šō-’ă-ḇê-</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct">Conj-w | V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 4325: 1) water, waters <BR> 1a) water <BR> 1b) water of the feet, urine <BR> 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)">4325</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 4325 -- Occurrence 222 of 581">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מַ֖יִם<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/mayim_4325.htm" title="Ma·yim: of water -- Occurrence 54 of 244.">ma-yim</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">water carriers</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine plural">N-mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1004: nm <BR> 1) house <BR> 1a) house, dwelling habitation <BR> 1b) shelter or abode of animals <BR> 1c) human bodies (fig.) <BR> 1d) of Sheol <BR> 1e) of abode of light and darkness <BR> 1f) of land of Ephraim <BR> 2) place <BR> 3) receptacle <BR> 4) home, house as containing a family <BR> 5) household, family <BR> 5a) those belonging to the same household <BR> 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body <BR> 6) household affairs <BR> 7) inwards (metaph.) <BR> 8) (TWOT) temple <BR> adv <BR> 9) on the inside <BR> prep <BR> 10) within">1004</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1004 -- Occurrence 341 of 2056">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לְבֵ֥ית<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/leveit_1004.htm" title="le·Veit: the house -- Occurrence 40 of 149.">lə-ḇêṯ</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">for the house</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l :: Noun - masculine singular construct">Prep-l | N-msc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 430: 1) (plural) <BR> 1a) rulers, judges <BR> 1b) divine ones <BR> 1c) angels <BR> 1d) gods <BR> 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) <BR> 2a) god, goddess <BR> 2b) godlike one <BR> 2c) works or special possessions of God <BR> 2d) the (true) God <BR> 2e) God">430</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 430 -- Occurrence 834 of 2598">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אֱלֹהָֽי׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/elohai_430.htm" title="'e·lo·Hai.: of my God -- Occurrence 7 of 101.">’ĕ-lō-hāy.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">of my God</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine plural construct :: first person common singular">N-mpc | 1cs</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  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href="//apostolic.interlinearbible.org/joshua/9.htm">Apostolic</a> / <a href="//interlinearbible.org/joshua/9.htm">Interlinear</a>)<br></span></div><div style="direction:rtl"><span class="hebrew"><span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6258.htm" title="ve·'at·tah: Now -- 6258: now">וְעַתָּ֖ה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/779.htm" title="a·ru·rim: are cursed -- 779: to curse">אֲרוּרִ֣ים</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/859.htm" title="at·tem;: and you -- 859: you (masc. sing.)">אַתֶּ֑ם</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3808.htm" title="ve·lo-: shall never -- 3808: not">וְלֹֽא־</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3772.htm" title="yik·ka·ret: cease -- 3772: to cut off, cut down">יִכָּרֵ֨ת</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="mik·kem: being -- 4480: from">מִכֶּ֜ם</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5650.htm" title="e·ved: slaves -- 5650: slave, servant">עֶ֗בֶד</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2404.htm" title="ve·cho·te·vei: hewers -- 2404: to cut or gather wood">וְחֹטְבֵ֥י</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6086.htm" title="e·tzim: of wood -- 6086: tree, trees, wood">עֵצִ֛ים</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7579.htm" title="ve·sho·'a·vei-: and drawers -- 7579: to draw (water)">וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4325.htm" title="ma·yim: of water -- 4325: waters, water">מַ֖יִם</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1004.htm" title="le·veit: the house -- 1004: a house">לְבֵ֥ית</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/430.htm" title="e·lo·hai.: of my God -- 430: God, god">אֱלֹהָֽי׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/joshua/9.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/779.htm" title="'arar (aw-rar') -- X bitterly curse">Now therefore ye are cursed</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3772.htm" title="karath (kaw-rath') -- be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down)">and there shall none of you be freed</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5650.htm" title="ebed (eh'-bed) -- X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant">from being bondmen</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2404.htm" title="chatab (khaw-tab') -- cut down, hew(-er), polish">and hewers</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6086.htm" title="ets (ates) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood">of wood</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7579.htm" title="sha'ab (sahw-ab') -- (woman to) draw(-er, water)">and drawers</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4325.htm" title="mayim (mah'-yim) -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring))">of water</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1004.htm" title="bayith (bah'-yith) -- court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain">for the house</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/430.htm" title="'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty">of my God</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/joshua/9.htm">יהושע 9:23 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">וְעַתָּ֖ה אֲרוּרִ֣ים אַתֶּ֑ם וְלֹֽא־יִכָּרֵ֨ת מִכֶּ֜ם עֶ֗בֶד וְחֹטְבֵ֥י עֵצִ֛ים וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־מַ֖יִם לְבֵ֥ית אֱלֹהָֽי׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/joshua/9.htm">יהושע 9:23 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">ועתה ארורים אתם ולא־יכרת מכם עבד וחטבי עצים ושאבי־מים לבית אלהי׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/joshua/9.htm">יהושע 9:23 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">ועתה ארורים אתם ולא־יכרת מכם עבד וחטבי עצים ושאבי־מים לבית אלהי׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/joshua/9.htm">יהושע 9:23 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">ועתה ארורים אתם ולא יכרת מכם עבד וחטבי עצים ושאבי מים לבית אלהי׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/joshua/9-23.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/9.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />"Now therefore, you are cursed, and you shall never cease being slaves, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Now therefore ye <i>are</i> cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore you are cursed and will always be slaves--woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God." <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">cursed This may refer to the original curse pronounced against the descendants of Canaan: both of them seem to have implied nothing else than perpetual slavery. The gibeonites were brought, no doubt, under tribute; performed the meanest offices for the israelites; being in the same condition as the servile class of the Hindoos, called the Chetrees; had their national importance annihilated, and yet were never permitted to incorporate themselves with the Israelites.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/genesis/9-25.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Genesis 9:25,26</span> And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/leviticus/27-28.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Leviticus 27:28,29</span> Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to the …</a></p><p class="hdg">none of you be freed [heb] not be cut off from you <br />hewers In the East, collecting wood for fuel, and carrying water, are the peculiar employment of females. The Arab women of Barbary, and the daughters of the Turcomans, are thus employed. Hence Mr.Harmer concludes, that the bitterness of the doom of the Gibeonites does not seem to have consisted in the labouriousness of the service enjoined them, but its disgracing them from the characteristic employment of men, that of bearing arms, and condemning them and their posterity for ever to the employment of females.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/joshua/9-21.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Joshua 9:21,27</span> And the princes said to them, Let them live; but let them be hewers …</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23</a> • <a href="/niv/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 Biblia Paralela</a> • <a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 Chinese Bible</a> • <a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 French Bible</a> • <a href="//bibeltext.com/joshua/9-23.htm">Joshua 9:23 German Bible</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../joshua/9-22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Joshua 9:22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Joshua 9:22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../joshua/9-24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Joshua 9:24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Joshua 9:24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>