Joshua 9:26

So Josue did as he had said, and delivered them from the hand of the children of Israel, that they should not be slain.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

In Context

25And now we are in thy hand: deal with us as it seemeth good and right unto thee.

27And he gave orders in that day that they should be in the service of all the people, and of the altar of the Lord, hewing wood and carrying water, until this present time, in the place which the Lord hath chosen.

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Matthew Henry on Joshua 9:23-27

The Gibeonites Made Bondmen. ( b. c. 1450.) 22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us? 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. 24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to… Read the whole commentary →

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