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And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this sideJordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the greatsea over againstLebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,heard thereof;
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That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with oneaccord.[a]
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And when the inhabitants of Gibeonheard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
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They did workwilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and tookoldsacks upon their asses, and winebottles,old, and rent, and bound up;
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And oldshoes and clouted upon their feet, and oldgarments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
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And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a farcountry: now therefore make ye a league with us.