BRAGADAYJAH 650
Then the Princes of Egypt in reply to the people that they
spare not the Gibeonites said that they would be put to cutting wood and
fetching water for all the congregation.
And Joshua called unto them and asked them why they had lied to him
saying they were from a far country when in fact they were of the country nigh
unto them. And he told them you are cursed and henceforth none of you will be
freed. In deed you shall be bondsmen all the rest of your lives, to gather wood
and carry water in the house of my God. But they answered Joshua and said, “
Because it was told unto us how your God had commanded Moses to give you all
the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, we
were much afraid for our lives and that is why we tried to deceive you as we
have done. So now they pleaded we are in your hands deal with us as you see
fit. And hearing their explanation Joshua delivered them out of the hands of
the children of Israel so that they did not slay them. And decreed that they be
made hewers of wood and drawers of water from that day onwards.
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