23 Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.” 24 The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this. 25 Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”
Joshua 9:23–25
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