Guile of the Gibeonites
1
It came to pass, when all the kings that were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and on all the shore of the Great Sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof,
E | UIAI | KShMO | KL- | AMLKIM | EShR | BOBR
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| and·be | as·? | all | the·from·to·as·sea | which | in·?
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| AIRDN | BAR | UBShFLA | UBKL | ChUF
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| the·he-will·? | in·the·? | and·in·? | and·in·all | ?
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| AIM | AGDUL | EL- | MUL
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| the·sea | the·great | this | from·and·to
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| ALBNUN | AChThI | UAEMRI
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| the·to·in·we·and·we | the·? | and·the·I-will·from·?
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| AKNONI | AFRZI | AChUI | UAIBUSI
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| the·as·we·? | the·? | the·? | and·the·he-will·in·and·?
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2
that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
B | UIThQBTsU | IChDU | LALChM | OM-
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| and·he-will·? | he-will·? | to·the·to·? | ?
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| IAUShO | UOM- | IShREL | FA | EChD
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| he-will·the·and·? | and·? | Israel | ? | one
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3
But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
G | UIShBI | GBOUN | ShMOU | ETh | EShR | OShA
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| and·he-will·? | ? | ? | the | which | make
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| IAUShO | LIRIChU | ULOI
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| he-will·the·and·? | to·he-will·? | and·to·?
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4
they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their asses, and wine skins, worn and rent and patched up;
D | UIOShU | GM- | AMA | BORMA
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| and·he-will·? | ? | the·from·the | in·?
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| UILKU | UITsTIRU | UIQChU
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| and·he-will·to·as·and | and·he-will·? | and·he-will·?
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| ShQIM | BLIM | LChMURIAM | UNEDUTh
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| ? | in·to·sea | to·? | and·we·I-will·?
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| IIN | BLIM | UMBQOIM
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| he-will·he-will·we | in·to·sea | and·from·in·?
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5
and worn shoes and clouted on their feet, and worn garments on them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become crumbs.
A | UNOLUTh | BLUTh | UMTLEUTh | BRGLIAM
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| and·we·? | in·to·and·she-will | and·from·? | in·?
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| UShLMUTh | BLUTh | OLIAM | UKL | LChM | TsIDM
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| and·? | in·to·and·she-will | ? | and·all | to·? | ?
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| IBSh | AIA | NQDIM
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| he-will·in·? | the·he-will·the | we·?
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6
They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel: 'We are come from a far country; now therefore make you a covenant with us.'
U | UILKU | EL- | IAUShO | EL-
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| and·he-will·to·as·and | this | he-will·the·and·? | this
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| AMChNA | AGLGL | UIEMRU
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| the·from·? | the·? | and·he-will·I-will·from·?
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| ELIU | UEL- | EISh
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| I-will·to·he-will·and | and·this | I-will·he-will·?
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| IShREL | MERTs | RChUQA | BENU | UOThA
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| Israel | from·earth | ? | in·I-will·we·and | and·?
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| KRThU- | LNU | BRITh
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| as·? | to·we·and | in·?
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7
The men of Israel said to the Hivites: 'Peradventure you dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?'
Z | UIEMRU | (UIEMR)
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| and·he-will·I-will·from·? | and·he-will·say
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| EISh- | IShREL | EL- | AChUI
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| I-will·he-will·? | Israel | this | the·?
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| EULI | BQRBI | EThA | IUShB
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| I-will·and·to·he-will | in·? | I-will·? | he-will·and·?
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| UEIK | EKRUTh- | (EKRTh-)
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| and·I-will·he-will·as | I-will·as·? | I-will·as·?
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8
They said to Joshua: 'We are your servants.' Joshua said to them: 'Who are you? and from whence come you?'
Ch | UIEMRU | EL- | IAUShO
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| and·he-will·I-will·from·? | this | he-will·the·and·?
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| OBDIK | ENChNU | UIEMR
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| ? | I-will·we·? | and·he-will·say
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| ELIAM | IAUShO
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| I-will·to·he-will·them | he-will·the·and·?
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| MI | EThM | UMEIN | ThBEU
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| from·he-will | them | and·from·no | ?
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9
They said to him: 'From a very far country your servants are come because of the name of IAUA your God; for we have heard the fame of Him, and all that He did in Egypt,
T | UIEMRU | ELIU
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| and·he-will·I-will·from·? | I-will·to·he-will·and
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| MERTs | RChUQA | MED | BEU | OBDIK | LShM
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| from·earth | ? | very | in·I-will·and | ? | to·name
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| IAUA | ELAIK | KI- | ShMONU | ShMOU
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| IAUA | I-will·to·the·he-will·as | that | ? | ?
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| UETh | KL- | EShR | OShA | BMTsRIM
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| and·the | all | which | make | in·from·?
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10
and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
I | UETh | KL- | EShR | OShA | LShNI | MLKI
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| and·the | all | which | make | to·two | from·to·that
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| AEMRI | EShR | BOBR | AIRDN | LSIChUN
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| the·I-will·from·? | which | in·? | the·he-will·? | to·?
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| MLK | ChShBUN | ULOUG | MLK- | ABShN
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| from·to·as | ? | and·to·? | from·to·as | the·in·?
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| EShR | BOShThRUTh
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| which | in·?
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11
Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying: Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them: We are your servants; and now make you a covenant with us.
IE | UIEMRU
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| and·he-will·I-will·from·?
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| ELINU | ZQININU | UKL- | IShBI
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| I-will·to·he-will·we·and | ? | and·all | he-will·?
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| ERTsNU | LEMR | QChU | BIDKM | TsIDA | LDRK
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| I-will·? | to·say | ? | in·he-will·? | ? | to·?
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| ULKU | LQREThM | UEMRThM
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| and·to·as·and | to·? | and·I-will·from·?
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| ELIAM | OBDIKM | ENChNU | UOThA
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| I-will·to·he-will·them | ? | I-will·we·? | and·?
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| KRThU- | LNU | BRITh
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| as·? | to·we·and | in·?
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12
This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go to you; but now, behold, it is dry, and is become crumbs.
IB | ZA | LChMNU | ChM | ATsTIDNU | EThU | MBThINU | BIUM | TsEThNU
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| ? | to·? | ? | the·? | him | from·in·? | in·day | ?
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| LLKTh | ELIKM | UOThA
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| to·to·as·she-will | I-will·to·he-will·you | and·?
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| ANA | IBSh | UAIA | NQDIM
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| listen | he-will·in·? | and·the·he-will·the | we·?
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13
These wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent. These our garments and our shoes are worn by reason of the very long journey.'
IG | UELA | NEDUTh | AIIN | EShR
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| and·this | we·I-will·? | the·he-will·he-will·we | which
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| MLENU | ChDShIM | UANA | AThBQOU
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| from·to·I-will·we·and | ? | and·listen | the·?
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| UELA | ShLMUThINU | UNOLINU | BLU | MRB | ADRK
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| and·this | ? | and·we·? | in·to·and | from·? | the·?
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14
The men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of IAUA.
ID | UIQChU | AENShIM | MTsIDM | UETh- | FI | IAUA
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| and·he-will·? | the·I-will·we·? | from·? | and·the | ? | IAUA
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15
Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the congregation swore to them.
TU | UIOSh | LAM | IAUShO | ShLUM
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| and·he-will·make | to·them | he-will·the·and·? | ?
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| UIKRTh | LAM | BRITh | LChIUThM
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| and·he-will·as·? | to·them | in·? | to·?
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| UIShBOU | LAM | NShIEI | AODA
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| and·he-will·? | to·them | we·? | the·?
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16
It came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them.
TZ | UIAI | MQTsA | ShLShTh | IMIM | EChRI | EShR- | KRThU
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| and·be | from·? | ? | seas | I-will·? | which | as·?
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| LAM | BRITh | UIShMOU | KI- | QRBIM | AM
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| to·them | in·? | and·he-will·? | that | ? | them
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| ELIU | UBQRBU | AM | IShBIM
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| I-will·to·he-will·and | and·in·? | them | he-will·?
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17
The children of Israel journeyed, and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
IZ | UISOU | BNI- | IShREL
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| and·he-will·? | in·we·he-will | Israel
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| UIBEU | EL- | ORIAM | BIUM
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| and·he-will·in·I-will·and | this | ? | in·day
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| AShLIShI | UORIAM | GBOUN | UAKFIRA | UBERUTh
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| the·three | and·? | ? | and·the·as·? | and·in·I-will·?
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| UQRITh | IORIM
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| and·? | he-will·?
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18
The children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by IAUA, the God of Israel. All the congregation murmured against the princes.
ICh | ULE | AKUM | BNI | IShREL | KI-
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| and·not | the·as·and·from | in·we·he-will | Israel | that
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| NShBOU | LAM | NShIEI | AODA | BIAUA
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| we·? | to·them | we·? | the·? | in·IAUA
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| ELAI | IShREL
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| I-will·to·the·he-will | Israel
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| UILNU | KL- | AODA | OL- | ANShIEIM
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| and·he-will·to·we·and | all | the·? | on | the·we·?
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19
But all the princes said to all the congregation: 'We have sworn to them by IAUA, the God of Israel; now therefore we may not touch them.
IT | UIEMRU | KL- | ANShIEIM | EL- | KL-
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| and·he-will·I-will·from·? | all | the·we·? | this | all
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| AODA | ENChNU | NShBONU | LAM | BIAUA
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| the·? | I-will·we·? | we·? | to·them | in·IAUA
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| ELAI | IShREL | UOThA | LE | NUKL
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| I-will·to·the·he-will | Israel | and·? | not | we·and·all
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20
This we will do to them, and let them live; unless wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.'
K | ZETh | NOShA | LAM | UAChIA | EUThM
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| ? | we·make | to·them | and·the·life | I-will·and·?
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| ULE- | IAIA | OLINU | QTsF | OL- | AShBUOA | EShR- | NShBONU
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| and·not | is | ? | ? | on | the·? | which | we·?
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21
The princes said concerning them: 'Let them live'; so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the princes had spoken concerning them.
KE | UIEMRU | ELIAM
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| and·he-will·I-will·from·? | I-will·to·he-will·them
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| ANShIEIM | IChIU | UIAIU | ChTBI | OTsIM
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| the·we·? | he-will·? | and·he-will·be | ? | ?
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| UShEBI- | MIM | LKL- | AODA | KEShR | DBRU | LAM
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| and·? | waters | to·all | the·? | as·which | ? | to·them
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22
Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying: 'Wherefore have you beguiled us, saying: We are very far from you, when you dwell among us?
KB | UIQRE | LAM | IAUShO
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| and·he-will·call | to·them | he-will·the·and·?
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| UIDBR | ELIAM | LEMR
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| and·he-will·? | I-will·to·he-will·them | to·say
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| LMA | RMIThM | EThNU | LEMR | RChUQIM
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| to·from·the | ? | I-will·? | to·say | ?
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| ENChNU | MKM | MED | UEThM | BQRBNU | IShBIM
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| I-will·we·? | from·you | very | and·them | in·? | he-will·?
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23
Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.'
KG | UOThA | ERURIM | EThM | ULE- | IKRTh | MKM
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| and·? | I-will·? | them | and·not | he-will·as·? | from·you
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| OBD | UChTBI | OTsIM | UShEBI- | MIM
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| work | and·? | ? | and·? | waters
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| LBITh | ELAI
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| to·in·he-will·she-will | I-will·to·the·he-will
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24
They answered Joshua, and said: 'Because it was certainly told your servants, how that IAUA your God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
KD | UIONU | ETh- | IAUShO
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| and·he-will·? | the | he-will·the·and·?
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| UIEMRU | KI | AGD | AGD | LOBDIK
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| and·he-will·I-will·from·? | that | the·? | the·? | to·?
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| ETh | EShR | TsUA | IAUA | ELAIK | ETh-
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| the | which | ? | IAUA | I-will·to·the·he-will·as | the
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| MShA | OBDU | LThTh | LKM | ETh- | KL- | AERTs
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| Moses | ? | to·? | to·you | the | all | the·earth
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| ULAShMID | ETh- | KL- | IShBI | AERTs | MFNIKM
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| and·to·the·? | the | all | he-will·? | the·earth | from·?
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| UNIRE | MED | LNFShThINU | MFNIKM | UNOShA | ETh-
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| and·we·fear | very | to·we·? | from·? | and·we·make | the
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25
Now, behold, we are in your hand: as it seems good and right to you to do to us, do.'
KA | UOThA | ANNU | BIDK | KTUB
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| and·? | the·we·we·and | in·he-will·? | as·good
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| UKIShR | BOINIK | LOShUTh | LNU | OShA
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| and·as·he-will·? | in·? | to·make | to·we·and | make
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26
So did he to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
KU | UIOSh | LAM | KN | UITsL
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| and·he-will·make | to·them | so | and·he-will·?
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| EUThM | MID | BNI- | IShREL
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| I-will·and·? | from·he-will·? | in·we·he-will | Israel
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27
Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of IAUA, to this day, in the place which He should choose.
KZ | UIThNM | IAUShO | BIUM
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| and·he-will·? | he-will·the·and·? | in·day
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| AAUE | ChTBI | OTsIM | UShEBI | MIM | LODA
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| the·the·and·I-will | ? | ? | and·? | waters | to·?
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| ULMZBCh | IAUA | OD- | AIUM | AZA | EL- | AMQUM
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| and·to·from·? | IAUA | ? | the·day | the·? | this | the·place
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| EShR | IBChR
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| which | he-will·in·?
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