Joshua 9:22-24

Lexham English Bible

²² And Joshua summoned them and said, “Why have you deceived us saying, ‘We are very far from you’ when you are living among us? ²³ Therefore you are cursed; some of you will always be slaves as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.” ²⁴ And they answered Joshua and said, “Because it was told with certainty to your servants that Yahweh your God commanded Moses his servant to give to you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you, so we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and so we did this thing.