Joshua 9:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But they said to Joshua,“We are willing to be your subjects.” So Joshua said to them,“Who are you and where do you come from?”

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 20:11 : 11 If it accepts your terms and submits to you, all the people found in it will become your slaves.
  • 2 Kgs 10:5 : 5 So the palace supervisor, the city commissioner, the leaders, and the guardians sent this message to Jehu,“We are your subjects! Whatever you say, we will do. We will not make anyone king. Do what you consider proper.”
  • Josh 9:11 : 11 Our leaders and all who live in our land told us,‘Take provisions for your journey and go meet them. Tell them,“We are willing to be your subjects. Make a treaty with us.”’
  • Josh 9:23 : 23 Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
  • Josh 9:25 : 25 So now we are in your power. Do to us what you think is good and appropriate.”
  • Josh 9:27 : 27 and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the LORD at the divinely chosen site.(They continue in that capacity to this very day.)
  • 1 Kgs 9:20-21 : 20 Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. 21 Their descendants remained in the land(the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day.
  • Gen 9:25-26 : 25 So he said,“Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves he will be to his brothers.” 26 He also said,“Worthy of praise is the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem!

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    9They told him,“Your subjects have come from a very distant land because of the reputation of the LORD your God, for we have heard the news about all he did in Egypt

  • Josh 9:6-7
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    6They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel,“We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.”

    7The men of Israel said to the Hivites,“Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?”

  • Josh 9:22-27
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    22Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said to them,“Why did you trick us by saying,‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby?

    23Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

    24They said to Joshua,“It was carefully reported to your subjects how the LORD your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified we would lose our lives, so we did this thing.

    25So now we are in your power. Do to us what you think is good and appropriate.”

    26Joshua did as they said; he kept the Israelites from killing them

    27and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the LORD at the divinely chosen site.(They continue in that capacity to this very day.)

  • Josh 1:16
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    16They told Joshua,“We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.

  • Josh 9:11
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    11Our leaders and all who live in our land told us,‘Take provisions for your journey and go meet them. Tell them,“We are willing to be your subjects. Make a treaty with us.”’

  • Josh 24:21-24
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    21The people said to Joshua,“No! We really will worship the LORD.

    22Joshua said to the people,“Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the LORD?” They replied,“We are witnesses!”

    23Joshua said,“Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to the LORD God of Israel.”

    24The people said to Joshua,“We will worship the LORD our God and obey him.”

  • Josh 5:13-14
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    13Israel Conquers Jericho When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him,“Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?”

    14He answered,“Truly I am the commander of the LORD’s army. Now I have arrived!” Joshua bowed down with his face to the ground and asked,“What does my master want to say to his servant?”

  • Josh 3:9-10
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    9Joshua told the Israelites,“Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God!”

    10Joshua continued,“This is how you will know the living God is among you and that he will truly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

  • Josh 7:7-9
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    7Joshua prayed,“O, Sovereign LORD! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us? If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan!

    8O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated before its enemies?

    9When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will turn against us and destroy the very memory of us from the earth. What will you do to protect your great reputation?”

  • Josh 24:18
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    18The LORD drove out from before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will worship the LORD, for he is our God!”

  • Josh 2:24
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    24They told Joshua,“Surely the LORD is handing over all the land to us! All who live in the land are cringing before us!”

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    1The Gibeonites Deceive Israel When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan– in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the Mediterranean coast as far as Lebanon(including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)–

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    36“So today we are slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy its good things– we are slaves!

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    10But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!

    11We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies.”

  • Josh 4:15
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    15The LORD told Joshua,

  • Josh 2:9-10
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    9She said to the men,“I know the LORD is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you.

    10For we heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan.

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    6The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal,“Do not abandon your subjects! Come up here quickly and rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.”

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    8The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you.”

  • Josh 1:10
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  • Gen 50:18
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    18Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”

  • Josh 22:1-2
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    1Joshua Sends Home the Eastern Tribes Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

    2and told them:“You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the LORD’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you.

  • Josh 9:15-16
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    68%

    15Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.

    16Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby.

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  • Josh 9:3
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    3When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,

  • Josh 1:12
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    12Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh:

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    16The people responded,“Far be it from us to abandon the LORD so we can worship other gods!

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    24When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him,“Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up and put their feet on their necks.

  • Josh 24:2
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    2Joshua told all the people,“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘In the distant past your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped other gods,