Joshua 9:22-24

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²² Joshua called the men and said, Why did you deceive us, saying, We live very far from you, when you dwell among us?

²³ Now therefore you are cursed, and of you there shall always be slaves, hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.

²⁴ They answered Joshua, Because it was surely told your servants that the Lord your God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the land’s inhabitants from before you. So we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.