A   And it fortuned that wh&ebar; all the kynges that dwell on thys syde Iordan in the hilles and valeys, and alonge by all the coastes of the great see, ouer agaynst Libanon (Namely the Hethites, þe; Amorites, the Cananites, the Pheresites, the Heuites, and the Iebusytes) herd therof, they gathered them selues together, to fyght agaynst Iosua and agaynst Israell with one accorde.

^noteAnd the enhabitoures of Gibeon heard what Iosua had done vnto Iericho, and to Hai: And they did worke wylylye, ∧ went, and made them selues ambasadoures, and toke (them vitayles, and) olde sackes vp&obar; their Asses, and wyne bottelles olde, and r&ebar;t and worne, and olde clouted shoes vp&obar; their fete, and their raym&ebar;t was olde, and all their prouysion of bread was dyred vp, B   and hored, And they came vnto Iosua into the hoste, to Gilgall, and sayde vnto him and vnto all the men of Israell: we be come from a farre contreye, and now make ye agrement with vs. And the men of Israell sayde vnto the Heuite: paraduenture thou dwellest am&obar;ge vs, and then howe can I make peace wyth the?

And they sayde vnto Iosua: we are thy seruauntes. And Iosua sayde vnto them agayne: what are ye? and whence come ye? They answered him: Fr&obar; a verye farre contrye thy seruauntes are come, for the name of the Lorde thy God: for we haue heard þe; fame (of the power) of him, and all that he did in Egypte, and all that he dyd to the two ^note kynges of the Amorites þt; were beyonde Iordan, Sehon kynge of Hesbon, and Og kyng of Basan, which was at Astharoth. Wherfore oure elders and all the enhabytoures of oure c&obar;trey spake to vs, sayinge: take vitayles &wt; you to serue by þe; waye, ∧ go mete them, and saye vnto them: we are youre serua&ubar;tes. And now make ye a couenant

The sonne standeth still of peace with vs. Thys oure foode of bread, we toke with vs oute of oure houses whotte, the daye we departed to come vnto you. And now behold, it is dyred vp, and hored. And these bottelles of wyne which we filled, were newe: and se, they be rent. And these oure garmentes and shoes are worne for oldnesse, by the reason of the exceadyng long Iourneye.

C   And the men toke of their vitayles, and co&ubar;celed not with the mouthe of the Lord. And Iosua made peace wyth them, and ^note made a couena&ubar;t with th&ebar;, that they shulde be suffred to lyue: ∧ the Lordes of the congregacyon sware vnto them. And it fortuned, þt; thre dayes after they had made peace wyth th&ebar;, they hearde that they were their neyboures, ∧ þt; they dwelte amonge them. And the chyldr&ebar; of Israel toke their Iourney, and came vnto their cyties the thyrde daye: and their cyties were Gibeon, ∧ Caphira, Beeroth and kariat Iarim. And the childr&ebar; of Israell slewe them not, because þe; Lordes of þe; congregacyon had sworne vnto them by the Lorde God of Israell. And all the multitude murmured against þe; Lordes. But all the Lordes sayde vnto all the congregacyon: we haue sworne vnto th&ebar; by þe; Lord God of Israel, ∧ therfore we maye not hurte th&ebar;. D   But this we wyll do to th&ebar;: We will lett them lyue, lest wrath be vpon vs, because of the othe which we sware vnto them. And the Lordes sayd vnto them agayne: Let them lyue, ^note and hewe wodd, &abar;d drawe water vnto all the c&obar;gregacion, and they did as the Lordes sayde vnto them.

And Iosua sent for them, ∧ talked wyth them, and sayde: wherfore haue ye begyled vs, sayeng: We dwell farre from you, wh&abar; ye dwell am&obar;ge vs? and now are you curssed, ∧ there shall not cease to be of you, bond men and hewers of wodd ∧ drawers of water for the house of my God.

And they aunswered Iosua and sayde: it was tolde thy serua&ubar;tes, how that þe; Lord thy God had c&obar;maunded his seruaunt Moses to geue you all the l&abar;de, and to destroye all the enhabytoures therof oute of youre syght, ∧ therfore we were exceadyng sore afrayed (∧ dyd prouyde) for oure lyues at þe; presence of you, ∧ haue done this thinge, ∧ beholde we are &ibar; thine h&abar;de, as it semeth good ∧ ryght in thyne eyes to do vnto vs, so do.

And euen so dyd he vnto them, and ridde them oute of the hande of the children of Israel, and they slewe them not. And Iosua made them þt; same daye hewers of wodd, ∧ drawers of water for the c&obar;gregacyon and for the aulter of God vnto thys daye, in the place which God shulde chose.

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