20 This we will do to them, even let them live, so that wrath will not be on us because of the oath which we swore to them.” 21 So the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” And they became (A)gatherers of firewood and [a]labor to draw water for the whole congregation, just as the leaders had spoken to them.

22 Then Joshua called for them and spoke to them, saying, “Why have you deceived us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ (B)when you are living [b]within our land?

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 9:21 Lit people drawing
  2. Joshua 9:22 Lit among us

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