Joshua 9:6
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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 far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”
In other translations
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 far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”
Hebrew words
וַיֵּלְכוּvaiyelekhuand they wentH1980אֶל־'el-toH413יְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua'JoshuaH3091אֶל־'el-toH413הַמַּחֲנֶהhamachanehthe campH4264הַגִּלְגָּלhagilgal<the> GilgalH1537וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559אֵלָיו'elavto himH413וְאֶל־ve'el-and toH413אִישׁ'ish[the] man ofH376יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478מֵאֶרֶץme'eretzfrom a landH776רְחוֹקָהrechokahdistantH7350בָּאנוּbanuwe have comeH935וְעַתָּהve'atahand thereforeH6258כִּרְתוּ־kirtu-makeH3772לָנוּlanuto <the> usבְרִית׃verita covenantH1285
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Related verses
- Joshua 5:10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.
- 2 Kings 20:14Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
- 1 Kings 8:41Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—
- Joshua 10:43And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.
- Deuteronomy 20:11-1511 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. 12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: 13 And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: 14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.11 If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you. 12 But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city. 13 When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword. 14 But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.
- Joshua 9:9And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,
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People and places
Places: Gilgal