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Joshua 9:20-22
New King James Version
Joshua 9:20-22
New King James Version
20 This we will do to them: We will let them live, lest (A)wrath be upon us because of the oath which we swore to them.” 21 And the rulers said to them, “Let them live, but let them be (B)woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, as the rulers had (C)promised them.”
22 Then Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, “Why have you deceived us, saying, (D)‘We are very far from you,’ when (E)you dwell near us?
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