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Joshua 9:6
Joshua 9:6 is verse 6 of Joshua chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”
Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant; also in verses 7, 11, 15, and 16.
King James Version
And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
World English Bible
They went to Joshua at 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 covenant with us.”
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Joshua 9:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
4 acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.
5 They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.
6 They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”
7 But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”
8 “We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Joshua 5:10On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.
Joshua 10:43Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.
Joshua 9:9“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,
Deuteronomy 20:11If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
Deuteronomy 20:12But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.
Deuteronomy 20:13When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.
Deuteronomy 20:14But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.
Deuteronomy 20:15This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
1 Kings 8:41And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—
2 Kings 20:14Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”