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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Joshua 9 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/joshua/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/joshua/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Joshua 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../joshua/8.htm" title="Joshua 8">◄</a> Joshua 9 <a href="../joshua/10.htm" title="Joshua 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/joshua/9.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Gibeonite Deception</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>they gathered together as one to fight against Joshua and Israel.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>with worn-out, patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes. And all their provisions were dry and crumbly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>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.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us; then how can we make a covenant with you?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” And Joshua said to them, “Who are you? And where do you come from?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They said to him, “From a very distant country your servants have come, because of the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God. For we have heard a report of him, and all that he did in Egypt, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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.”’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So the men took some of their provisions, but did not ask counsel from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But the people of Israel did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel. Then all the congregation murmured against the leaders. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But all the leaders said to all the congregation, “We have sworn to them by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, and now we may not touch them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>This we will do to them: let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath that we swore to them.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>They answered Joshua, “Because it was told to your servants for a certainty that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And now, behold, we are in your hand. Whatever seems good and right in your sight to do to us, do it.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>So he did this to them and delivered them out of the hand of the people of Israel, and they did not kill them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But Joshua made them that day cutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, to this day, in the place that he should choose.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. 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