And they went to Joshua, (A)to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country; now therefore, make a [a]covenant with us.”

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  1. Joshua 9:6 treaty

10 Now the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover (A)on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight on the plains of Jericho.

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14 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?”

So Hezekiah said, “They came from a far country, from Babylon.”

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41 “Moreover, concerning a foreigner, who is not of Your people Israel, but has come from a far country for Your name’s sake

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43 Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.

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So they said to him: (A)“From a very far country your servants have come, because of the name of the Lord your God; for we have (B)heard of His fame, and all that He did in Egypt,

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11 And it shall be that if they accept your offer of peace, and open to you, then all the people who are found in it shall be placed under tribute to you, and serve you. 12 Now if the city will not make peace with you, but war against you, then you shall besiege it. 13 And when the Lord your God delivers it into your hands, (A)you shall strike every male in it with the edge of the sword. 14 But the women, the little ones, (B)the livestock, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you shall plunder for yourself; and (C)you shall eat the enemies’ plunder which the Lord your God gives you. 15 Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.

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