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Joshua 9:8
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Joshua 9:8
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8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
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Joshua 9:8
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Joshua 9:8
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8 “We are your servants,(A)” they said to Joshua.
But Joshua asked, “Who are you and where do you come from?”
2 Kings 10:5
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2 Kings 10:5
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5 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
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2 Kings 10:5
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2 Kings 10:5
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5 So the palace administrator, the city governor, the elders and the guardians sent this message to Jehu: “We are your servants(A) and we will do anything you say. We will not appoint anyone as king; you do whatever you think best.”
Deuteronomy 20:11
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Deuteronomy 20:11
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11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
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Deuteronomy 20:11
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Deuteronomy 20:11
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11 If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject(A) to forced labor(B) and shall work for you.
Joshua 9:11
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Joshua 9:11
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11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
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Joshua 9:11
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Joshua 9:11
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11 And our elders and all those living in our country said to us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go and meet them and say to them, “We are your servants; make a treaty with us.”’
1 Kings 9:20-21
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1 Kings 9:20-21
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20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
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1 Kings 9:20-21
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1 Kings 9:20-21
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20 There were still people left from the Amorites, Hittites,(A) Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites(B) (these peoples were not Israelites). 21 Solomon conscripted the descendants(C) of all these peoples remaining in the land—whom the Israelites could not exterminate[a](D)—to serve as slave labor,(E) as it is to this day.
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- 1 Kings 9:21 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
Joshua 9:27
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Joshua 9:27
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27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
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Joshua 9:27
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Joshua 9:27
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27 That day he made the Gibeonites(A) woodcutters and water carriers(B) for the assembly, to provide for the needs of the altar of the Lord at the place the Lord would choose.(C) And that is what they are to this day.
Joshua 9:25
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Joshua 9:25
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25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
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Joshua 9:25
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Joshua 9:25
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Joshua 9:23
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Joshua 9:23
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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.
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Joshua 9:23
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Joshua 9:23
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23 You are now under a curse:(A) You will never be released from service as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
Genesis 9:25-26
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Genesis 9:25-26
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25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
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