Joshua 9:20-22

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²⁰ We must let them live, for if we break our oath, the wrath of Jehovah will be upon us.”

²¹ So they became servants of the Israelis, chopping their wood and carrying their water.

²² Joshua summoned their leaders and demanded, “Why have you lied to us by saying that you lived in a distant land, when you were actually living right here among us?