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Joshua 9:8
Joshua 9:8 is verse 8 of Joshua chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”
King James Version
And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
World English Bible
They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” Joshua said to them, “Who are you? Where do you come from?”
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Joshua 9:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
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?”
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,
10 and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Joshua 9:11So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’
Joshua 9:23Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
Joshua 9:25Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”
Joshua 9:27On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.
Genesis 9:25he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
Genesis 9:26He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
Deuteronomy 20:11If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
1 Kings 9:20As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—
1 Kings 9:21their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction —Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
2 Kings 10:5So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”