Joshua 9:26

And they did so to them; and Joshua rescued them in that day out of the hands of the children of Israel, and they did not slay them.

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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, behold, we are in your power; do to us as it is pleasing to you, and as it seems good to you.

27And Joshua made them in that day hewers of wood and drawers of water to the whole congregation, and for the altar of God: therefore the inhabitants of Gibeon became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the altar of God until this day, even for the place which the Lord should choose.

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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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