Joshua 9:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And they sayde vnto Iosuah: We are thy seruauntes. And Iosuah sayde vnto them againe: What are ye, & whence come ye?

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  • Deut 20:11 : 11 And if they aunswere thee agayne peaceably, and open vnto thee, then let all the people that is founde therin, be tributaries vnto thee, and serue thee.
  • 2 Kgs 10:5 : 5 And he that was gouernour of Ahabs house, & he that ruled the citie, the elders also, & the tutours, sent to Iehu, saying: We are thy seruauntes, & will do all that thou shalt byd vs, we wil make no man king: therefore do thou what seemeth good in thyne eyes.
  • Josh 9:11 : 11 Wherfore our elders and all the enhabitours of our countrey spake to vs, saying: Take vitailes with you to serue by the way, and go meete them, and say vnto them, We are your seruautes: And now make ye a couenaunt of peace with vs.
  • Josh 9:23 : 23 And nowe are ye cursed, and there shal not ceasse to be of you bondmen, and hewers of wood, & drawers of water for the house of my God.
  • Josh 9:25 : 25 And beholde, we are in thyne hande: as it seemeth good and right in thyne eyes to do vnto vs, so do.
  • Josh 9:27 : 27 And Iosuah made them that same day hewers of wood, and drawers of water for the congregation and for the aulter of God, vnto this day, in the place whiche he shoulde choose.
  • 1 Kgs 9:20-21 : 20 And al the people that were left of the Amorites, Hethites, Pherezites, Heuites and Iebusites, whiche were not of the children of Israel, 21 Their children that were left after them in the lande, whom the children of Israel also were not able to destroy: those dyd Solomon compell to bring tribute, vnto this day.
  • Gen 9:25-26 : 25 And he sayde: cursed be Chanaan, a seruaunt of seruauntes shall he be vnto his brethren. 26 He sayde moreouer: blessed be the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shalbe his seruaunt.

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  • 9 They aunswered him: From a very farre coutrey thy seruauntes are come, for the name of the Lorde thy God: for we haue hearde the fame of him, & all that he did in Egypte,

  • Josh 9:6-7
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    6 And they came vnto Iosuah into the hoast to Gilgal, and sayde vnto him and vnto all the men of Israel, We be come from a far countrey: and nowe make ye agreement with vs.

    7 And the men of Israel sayde vnto the Heuite: It may be thou dwellest amog vs, and then howe can I make peace with thee?

  • Josh 9:22-27
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    22 And Iosuah called for them, & talked with them, and sayde, Wherfore haue ye beguiled vs, saying, We dwell farre from you: when ye dwell among vs?

    23 And nowe are ye cursed, and there shal not ceasse to be of you bondmen, and hewers of wood, & drawers of water for the house of my God.

    24 And they aunswered Iosuah, & sayd, It was tolde thy seruauntes how that the Lorde thy God had commaunded his seruaunt Moyses to geue you all the lande, and to destroy all the inhabitours therof out of your sight, and therfore we were exceedyng sore afrayde for our liues at the presence of you, and haue done this thing.

    25 And beholde, we are in thyne hande: as it seemeth good and right in thyne eyes to do vnto vs, so do.

    26 And euen so did he vnto them, and rid them out of the hande of the chyldren of Israel, that they slue them not.

    27 And Iosuah made them that same day hewers of wood, and drawers of water for the congregation and for the aulter of God, vnto this day, in the place whiche he shoulde choose.

  • 16 And they aunswered Iosuah, sayinge: Al that thou hast commaunded vs we will do, and whyther soeuer thou sendest vs, we will go.

  • 11 Wherfore our elders and all the enhabitours of our countrey spake to vs, saying: Take vitailes with you to serue by the way, and go meete them, and say vnto them, We are your seruautes: And now make ye a couenaunt of peace with vs.

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    21 And the people sayde vnto Iosuah: Nay, but we will serue the Lorde.

    22 And Iosuah sayde vnto the people: Ye are witnesses against your selues, that ye haue chosen you the Lorde to serue him. And they sayde: we are witnesses.

    23 Then put away sayde he the strauge goddes whiche are among you, & bowe your heartes vnto the Lorde God of Israel.

    24 The people sayde vnto Iosuah: The Lorde our God will we serue, and his voyce will we obey.

  • Josh 5:13-14
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    13 And when Iosuah was nye to Iericho, he lift vp his eyes and loked: and behold, there stoode a man against him, hauing a sworde drawen in his hande: And Iosuah went vnto him, and sayde vnto him, Art thou on our syde, or on our aduersaries?

    14 And he sayde, Naie: but as a captaine of the hoast of the Lord am I nowe come. And Iosuah fell on his face to ye earth, and did worship, and sayde vnto him: What saith my Lord vnto his seruaunt?

  • Josh 3:9-10
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    9 And Iosuah saide vnto the children of Israel: Come hyther, and heare the wordes of the Lorde your God.

    10 And Iosuah sayde: Hereby ye shall knowe that the liuing God is among you, and that he will without fayle cast out before you the Chanaanites, and the Hethithes, the Heuites, the Pherezites, the Gergesites, the Amorites, and the Iebusites.

  • Josh 7:7-9
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    7 And Iosuah sayde: Alas, O Lorde God, wherfore hast thou brought this people ouer Iordane, to deliuer vs into the hande of the Amorites, & to destroye vs? Would to God we had ben content, and dwelt on the other side Iordane.

    8 Oh Lorde what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backes before their enemies?

    9 Surely the Chanaanites, and all the inhabitauntes of the lande shal heare of it, and shall conspire against vs, and destroy the name of vs out of the worlde: And what wilt thou do vnto thy mightie name?

  • 18 And the Lord did cast out before vs all the people, euen the Amorites whiche dwelt in the lande: And therfore wil we also serue the Lord, for he is our God.

  • 24 And they saide vnto Iosuah: Truely the Lorde hath delyuered into our handes all the lande, and all the inhabitauntes of the countrey faint at the presence of vs.

  • 1 And when al ye kinges that dwell beyonde Iordane in the hylles and valleys, & along by all the coastes of the great sea, ouer against Libanon: Namely the Hethites, the Amorites, the Chanaanites, the Pherezites, the Heuites, and the Iebusites, hearde therof:

  • 36 Beholde, we are in bondage this day, and so is the lande that thou gauest vnto our fathers to eate the fruites and goodnesse thereof, beholde there are we bondmen.

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    10 And they sayde vnto hym: nay my Lord, but to bye vitayle thy seruauntes are come.

    11 We are all one mans sonnes, and meane truely, and thy seruauntes are no spyes.

  • 15 And the Lorde spake vnto Iosuah, saying:

  • Josh 2:9-10
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    9 And sayd vnto the men: I knowe that the Lorde hath geuen you the land, for the feare of you is fallen vpo vs, and the inhabitantes of the lande faint at the presence of you:

    10 For we haue hearde howe the Lorde dried vp the water of the red sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites that were on the other syde Iordane, Sehon and Og, whom ye vtterly destroyed.

  • 6 And the men of Gibeon sent vnto Iosuah to the hoast in Gilgal, saying: withdrawe not thy hande from thy seruauntes, come vp to vs quickly, and saue vs, and helpe vs: for all the kinges of the Amorites which dwell in the mountaynes are gathered together agaynst vs.

  • 8 And the Lorde sayde vnto Iosuah, Feare them not: for I haue deliuered them into thine hande, neither shall any of them stande agaynst thee.

  • 10 Then Iosuah commaunded the officers of the people, saying:

  • 18 Also his brethren came vnto hym, and fell flat before his face, saying: beholde, we be thy seruauntes.

  • Josh 22:1-2
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    1 Then Iosuah called the Rubenites, the Gadites, & the halfe tribe of Manasses,

    2 And sayd vnto them: Ye haue kept all that Moyses the seruaut of the Lord comaunded you, and haue obeyed my voyce in all that I comaunded you.

  • Josh 9:15-16
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    15 And Iosuah made peace which the, and made a couenaunt with them, that they shulde be suffered to liue: And the princes of the congregation sware vnto them.

    16 But at the ende of three dayes, after they had made a league with them, they hearde that they were their neighbours, & that they dwelt among them.

  • 1 After the death of Iosuah, it came to passe, that the childre of Israel asked the Lord, saying: who shall go vp for vs against the Chanaanites, to fight fyrste against them?

  • 3 And the inhabitours of Gibeon heard what Iosuah had done vnto Iericho, and to Ai,

  • 12 And vnto the Rubenites, Gadites, and halfe the tribe of Manasses spake Iosuah saying:

  • 16 The people aunswered and sayd: God forbyd, that we should forsake the Lord, and serue straunge goddes.

  • 24 And when they brought out those kinges vnto Iosuah: Iosuah called for all the men of Israel, and saide vnto the chiefe of the men of warre which went with him: Come neare, & put your feete vpo the neckes of these kinges. And they came neare, and put their feete vpon the neckes of them.

  • 2 And Iosuah sayde vnto al the people, Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the fludde in olde time, euen Thare the father of Abraham and of Nachor, and serued straunge goddes.