Joshua 9

The Gibe'onites deceive Joshua and the leaders into a berit by posing as travelers from afar; upon discovery of the ruse, Israel spares them but enforces servitude as woodcutters and water-drawers.[2]

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And it came to pass when they heard all the kings who beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the lowland and in all coast of the sea the Great toward opposite Lebanon the Hittite and the Amorite the Canaanite the Perizzite the Hivite and the Jebusite
and they said to us our elders and all inhabitants of our land saying Take in your hand provisions for the journey and go to meet them and say to them your servants we and now make with us a covenant
and they answered [direct object marker] Joshua and they said because it was told it was told to your servants [direct object marker] that he commanded YHWH your God [direct object marker] Moses his servant to give to you [direct object marker] all the land and to destroy [direct object marker] all inhabitants of the land from before you and we feared greatly for our lives because of you and did [direct object marker] the thing this
24 וַ/יַּעֲנ֨וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤏𐤍𐤅 vayaanu and they answered HC/Vqw3mp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] HTo יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 yehoshua Joshua HNp וַ/יֹּאמְר֗וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 vayomeru and they said HC/Vqw3mp כִּי֩ 𐤊𐤉 ki because HC הֻגֵּ֨ד 𐤄𐤂𐤃 huged it was told HVHa הֻגַּ֤ד 𐤄𐤂𐤃 hugad it was told HVHp3ms לַ/עֲבָדֶ֨י/ךָ֙ 𐤋/𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉/𐤊 laavadeykha to your servants HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms אֵת֩ 𐤀𐤕 et-2 [direct object marker] HTo אֲשֶׁ֨ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher that HTr צִוָּ֜ה 𐤑𐤅𐤄 tsivah he commanded HVpp3ms יְהוָ֤ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) YHWH HNp אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉/𐤊 eloheykha Mulimu (Lozi) your God HNcmpc/Sp2ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-3 [direct object marker] HTo מֹשֶׁ֣ה 𐤌𐤔𐤄 mosheh Moses HNp עַבְדּ֔/וֹ 𐤏𐤁𐤃/𐤅 avedo his servant HNcmsc/Sp3ms לָ/תֵ֤ת 𐤋/𐤕𐤕 latet to give HR/Vqc לָ/כֶם֙ 𐤋/𐤊𐤌 lakhem to you HR/Sp2mp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-4 [direct object marker] HTo כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal all HNcmsc הָ/אָ֔רֶץ 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑 haarets the land HTd/Ncbsa וּ/לְ/הַשְׁמִ֛יד 𐤅/𐤋/𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤃 ulehashemid and to destroy HC/R/Vhc אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-5 [direct object marker] HTo כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal-2 all HNcmsc יֹשְׁבֵ֥י 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤉 yoshevey inhabitants of HVqrmpc הָ/אָ֖רֶץ 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑 haarets-2 the land HTd/Ncbsa מִ/פְּנֵי/כֶ֑ם 𐤌/𐤐𐤍𐤉/𐤊𐤌 mipeneykhem from before you HR/Ncbpc/Sp2mp וַ/נִּירָ֨א 𐤅/𐤍𐤉𐤓𐤀 vanira and we feared HC/Vqw1cp מְאֹ֤ד 𐤌𐤀𐤃 meod greatly HD לְ/נַפְשֹׁתֵ֨י/נוּ֙ 𐤋/𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤕𐤉/𐤍𐤅 lenafeshoteynu for our lives HR/Ncbpc/Sp1cp מִ/פְּנֵי/כֶ֔ם 𐤌/𐤐𐤍𐤉/𐤊𐤌 mipeneykhem-2 because of you HR/Ncbpc/Sp2mp וַֽ/נַּעֲשֵׂ֖ה 𐤅/𐤍𐤏𐤔𐤄 vanaaseh and did HC/Vqw1cp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-6 [direct object marker] HTo הַ/דָּבָ֥ר 𐤄/𐤃𐤁𐤓 hadavar the thing HTd/Ncmsa הַ/זֶּֽה 𐤄/𐤆𐤄 hazeh this HTd/Pdxms