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"Now therefore, you are 1cursed, and you shall nevercease being slaves, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God."
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So they answeredJoshua and said, "2Because it was certainlytold your servants that the LORD your God had commanded His servantMoses to give you all the land, and to destroyall the inhabitants of the landbefore* you; therefore we fearedgreatly for our livesbecause* of you, and have donethisthing.