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and all that he did to the two kings of the Amori, who were beyond the Yarden, to Sichon king of Heshbon, and to `Og king of Bashan, who was at `Ashtarot.
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Our Zakenim 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 tell them, We are your servants: and now make you a covenant with us.
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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 moldy:
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and these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are torn: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
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The men took of their provision, and didn't ask counsel at the mouth of the LORD.
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Yehoshua made shalom with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them.
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It happened 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 lived among them.
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The children of Yisra'el journeyed, and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Giv`on, and Kefirah, and Be'erot, and Kiryat-Ye`arim.
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The children of Yisra'el didn't strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Yisra'el. All the congregation murmured against the princes.
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But all the princes said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Yisra'el: now therefore we may not touch them.
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This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.