Joshua 9:8

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And they said vnto Ioshua, We are thy seruants. Then Ioshua saide vnto them, Who are ye? And whence come ye?

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  • Deut 20:11 : 11 And if it answere thee againe peaceably, and open vnto thee, then let all the people that is founde therein, be tributaries vnto thee, and serue thee.
  • 2 Kgs 10:5 : 5 And he that was gouernour of Ahabs house, and he that ruled the citie, and the Elders, & the bringers vp of the children sent to Iehu, saying, We are thy seruants, and will doe all that thou shalt bid vs: we will make no King: do what seemeth good to thee.
  • Josh 9:11 : 11 Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our countrey spake to vs, saying, Take vitailes with you for the iourney, and go to meete them, and say vnto them, Wee are your seruants: now therefore make ye a league with vs.
  • Josh 9:23 : 23 Now therefore ye are 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.
  • Josh 9:25 : 25 And beholde nowe, we are in thine hand: doe as it seemeth good and right in thine eyes to doe vnto vs.
  • Josh 9:27 : 27 And Ioshua appointed them that same day to be hewers of wood, and drawers of water for the Congregation, and for the altar of the Lord vnto this day, in the place which he should chuse.
  • 1 Kgs 9:20-21 : 20 Al the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hiuites, and Iebusites, which were not of the children of Israel: 21 To wit, their children that were left after them in the lande, whome the children of Israel were not able to destroy, those did Salomo make tributaries vnto this day.
  • Gen 9:25-26 : 25 And said, Cursed be Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall he be vnto his brethren. 26 He said moreouer, blessed be the Lord God of Shem, and let Canaan be his seruant.

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  • Josh 9:9
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    9And they answered him, From a very farre countrey thy seruants are come for the Name of the Lorde thy God: for we haue heard his fame and all that he hath done in Egypt,

  • Josh 9:6-7
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    81%

    6So they came vnto Ioshua into the hoste to Gilgal, and said vnto him, and vnto the men of Israel, Wee be come from a farre countrey: nowe therefore make a league with vs.

    7Then the men of Israel said vnto the Hiuites, It may be that thou dwellest among vs, how then can I make a league with thee?

  • Josh 9:22-27
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    79%

    22Ioshua then called them, and talked with them, and sayd, Wherefore haue ye beguiled vs, saying, We are very farre from you, when ye dwel among vs?

    23Now therefore ye are 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.

    24And they answered Ioshua, and sayd, Because it was tolde thy seruants, that the Lord thy God had commanded his seruant Moses to giue you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land out of your sight, therefore we were exceeding sore afraid for our liues at the presence of you, and haue done this thing:

    25And beholde nowe, we are in thine hand: doe as it seemeth good and right in thine eyes to doe vnto vs.

    26Euen so did he vnto them, and deliuered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slewe them not.

    27And Ioshua appointed them that same day to be hewers of wood, and drawers of water for the Congregation, and for the altar of the Lord vnto this day, in the place which he should chuse.

  • Josh 1:16
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    16Then they answered Ioshua, saying, Al that thou hast commaunded vs, we will doe, and whithersoeuer thou sendest vs, we will goe.

  • Josh 9:11
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    11Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our countrey spake to vs, saying, Take vitailes with you for the iourney, and go to meete them, and say vnto them, Wee are your seruants: now therefore make ye a league with vs.

  • Josh 24:21-24
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    21And the people saide vnto Ioshua, Nay, but we will serue the Lord.

    22And Ioshua saide vnto the people, Yee are witnesses against your selues, that yee haue chosen you the Lord, to serue him: and they sayd, We are witnesses.

    23Then put away nowe, saide he, the strange gods which are among you, and bowe your hearts vnto the Lord God of Israel.

    24And ye people saide vnto Ioshua, The Lord our God wil we serue, & his voyce wil we obey.

  • Josh 5:13-14
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    74%

    13And when Ioshua was by Iericho, he lift vp his eyes and looked: and behold, there stood a man against him, hauing a sword drawen in his hand: and Ioshua went vnto him, and said vnto him, Art thou on our side, or on our aduersaries?

    14And he said, Nay, but as a captaine of the host of the Lorde am I nowe come: then Ioshua fel on his face to the earth, and did worship, & saide vnto him, What sayth my Lorde vnto his seruant?

  • Josh 3:9-10
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    74%

    9Then Ioshua said vnto the children of Israel, Come hither, and heare the wordes of the Lord your God.

    10And Ioshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the liuing God is among you, and that he will certainely cast out before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hiuites, & the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Iebusites.

  • Josh 7:7-9
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    73%

    7And Ioshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou brought this people ouer Iorden, to deliuer vs into the hande of the Amorites, and to destroye vs? would God we had bene content to dwell on the other side Iorden.

    8Oh Lord, what shal I say, when Israel turne their backes before their enemies?

    9For the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land shall heare of it, and shall compasse vs, and destroy our name out of the earth: and what wilt thou doe vnto thy mightie Name?

  • Josh 24:18
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    18And the Lorde did cast out before vs all the people, euen the Amorites which dwelt in the lande: therefore will we also serue the Lord, for he is our God.

  • Josh 2:24
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    24Also they saide vnto Ioshua, Surely the Lorde hath deliuered into our handes all the lande: for euen all the inhabitants of the countrey faint because of vs.

  • Josh 9:1
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    1And when all the Kings that were beyonde Iorden, in the mountaines and in the valleis, and by all the coastes of the great Sea ouer against Lebanon (as the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites) heard thereof,

  • Neh 9:36
    69%

    36Beholde, we are seruants this day, and the lande that thou gauest vnto our fathers, to eate the fruite thereof, and the goodnesse thereof, beholde, we are seruants therein.

  • Gen 42:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10But they sayde vnto him, Nay, my lorde, but to bye vitayle thy seruants are come.

    11Wee are all one mans sonnes: wee meane truely, and thy seruants are no spies.

  • Josh 4:15
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    15And the Lord spake vnto Ioshua, saying,

  • Josh 2:9-10
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    9And saide vnto the men, I knowe that the Lord hath giuen you the land, and that the feare of you is fallen vpon vs, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

    10For we haue heard, howe the Lord dried vp the water of the redde Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt, and what you did vnto the two Kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Iorden, vnto Sihon and to Og, whom ye vtterly destroyed:

  • Josh 10:6
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    6And the men of Gibeon sent vnto Ioshua, euen to the hoste to Gilgal, saying, Withdrawe not thine hand from thy seruants: come vp to vs quickly, and saue vs, & helpe vs: for all the Kings of the Amorites which dwell in the mountaines, are gathered together against vs.

  • Josh 10:8
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    8And the Lord sayd vnto Ioshua, Feare them not: for I haue giuen them into thine hand: none of them shall stand against thee.

  • Josh 1:10
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    10Then Ioshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

  • Gen 50:18
    69%

    18Also his brethren came vnto him, and fell downe before his face, and sayde, Beholde, we be thy seruants.

  • Josh 22:1-2
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    1Then Ioshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the halfe tribe of Manasseh,

    2And sayd vnto them, Ye haue kept all that Moses the seruaunt of the Lorde commaunded you, and haue obeied my voice in all that I commaunded you:

  • Josh 9:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15So Ioshua made peace with them, & made a league with them, that he would suffer them to liue: also the Princes of the Congregation sware vnto them.

    16But at the end of three dayes, after they had made a league with them, they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.

  • Judg 1:1
    68%

    1After that Ioshua was dead, the children of Israel asked ye Lorde, saying, Who shall goe vp for vs against the Canaanites, to fight first against them?

  • Josh 9:3
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    3But the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Ioshua had done vnto Iericho, and to Ai.

  • Josh 1:12
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    12And vnto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to halfe the tribe of Manasseh spake Ioshua, saying,

  • Josh 24:16
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    16Then the people answered and saide, God forbid, that we shoulde forsake the Lord, to serue other gods.

  • Josh 10:24
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    24And when they had brought out those Kings vnto Ioshua, Ioshua called for all the men of Israel, and sayd vnto the chiefe of the men of warre, which went with him, Come neere, set your feete vpon the necks of these Kings: and they came neere and set their feete vpon their necks.

  • Josh 24:2
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    2Then Ioshua said vnto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt beyond the flood in olde time, euen Terah the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor, and serued other gods.