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Today's Bible Reading :: Joshua 9 - 11 (ESV)

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Joshua 9

The Gibeonite Deception

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:1 - As soon as all the kings who were beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the lowland all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, heard of this,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:2 - they gathered together as one to fight against Joshua and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:3 - But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - they on their part acted with cunning and went and made ready provisions and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:5 - with worn-out, patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes. And all their provisions were dry and crumbly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:6 - And they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant country, so now make a covenant with us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us; then how can we make a covenant with you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:8 - They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” And Joshua said to them, “Who are you? And where do you come from?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:9 - They said to him, “From a very distant country your servants have come, because of the name of the LORD your God. For we have heard a report of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:10 - and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:11 - So our elders and all the inhabitants of our country said to us, ‘Take provisions in your hand for the journey and go to meet them and say to them, “We are your servants. Come now, make a covenant with us.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:12 - Here is our bread. It was still warm when we took it from our houses as our food for the journey on the day we set out to come to you, but now, behold, it is dry and crumbly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:13 - These wineskins were new when we filled them, and behold, they have burst. And these garments and sandals of ours are worn out from the very long journey.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:14 - So the men took some of their provisions, but did not ask counsel from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:15 - And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:16 - At the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors and that they lived among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:17 - And the people of Israel set out and reached their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:18 - But the people of Israel did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. Then all the congregation murmured against the leaders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:19 - But all the leaders said to all the congregation, “We have sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we may not touch them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:20 - This we will do to them: let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath that we swore to them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:21 - And the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” So they became cutters of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, just as the leaders had said of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:22 - Joshua summoned them, and he said to them, “Why did you deceive us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ when you dwell among us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall never be anything but servants, cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:24 - They answered Joshua, “Because it was told to your servants for a certainty that the LORD your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you—so we feared greatly for our lives because of you and did this thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:25 - And now, behold, we are in your hand. Whatever seems good and right in your sight to do to us, do it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:26 - So he did this to them and delivered them out of the hand of the people of Israel, and they did not kill them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - But Joshua made them that day cutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place that he should choose.

Joshua 10

The Sun Stands Still

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:1 - As soon as Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction,[fn] doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:2 - he[fn] feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were warriors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:3 - So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:4 - “Come up to me and help me, and let us strike Gibeon. For it has made peace with Joshua and with the people of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5 - Then the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered their forces and went up with all their armies and encamped against Gibeon and made war against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:6 - And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, saying, “Do not relax your hand from your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered against us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:7 - So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:8 - And the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hands. Not a man of them shall stand before you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:9 - So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having marched up all night from Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:10 - And the LORD threw them into a panic before Israel, who[fn] struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:11 - And as they fled before Israel, while they were going down the ascent of Beth-horon, the LORD threw down large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died because of the hailstones than the sons of Israel killed with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:12 - At that time Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,
“Sun, stand still at Gibeon,
and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13 - And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped,
until the nation took vengeance on their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:14 - There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD heeded the voice of a man, for the LORD fought for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:15 - So Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.

Five Amorite Kings Executed

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:16 - These five kings fled and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:17 - And it was told to Joshua, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:18 - And Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave and set men by it to guard them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:19 - but do not stay there yourselves. Pursue your enemies; attack their rear guard. Do not let them enter their cities, for the LORD your God has given them into your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:20 - When Joshua and the sons of Israel had finished striking them with a great blow until they were wiped out, and when the remnant that remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:21 - then all the people returned safe to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah. Not a man moved his tongue against any of the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:22 - Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me from the cave.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23 - And they did so, and brought those five kings out to him from the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:24 - And when they brought those kings out to Joshua, Joshua summoned all the men of Israel and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, “Come near; put your feet on the necks of these kings.” Then they came near and put their feet on their necks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:25 - And Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid or dismayed; be strong and courageous. For thus the LORD will do to all your enemies against whom you fight.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:26 - And afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he hanged them on five trees. And they hung on the trees until evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - But at the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and they set large stones against the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:28 - As for Makkedah, Joshua captured it on that day and struck it, and its king, with the edge of the sword. He devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. And he did to the king of Makkedah just as he had done to the king of Jericho.

Conquest of Southern Canaan

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:29 - Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:30 - And the LORD gave it also and its king into the hand of Israel. And he struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it; he left none remaining in it. And he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:31 - Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Libnah to Lachish and laid siege to it and fought against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:32 - And the LORD gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he captured it on the second day and struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it, as he had done to Libnah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:33 - Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish. And Joshua struck him and his people, until he left none remaining.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:34 - Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Lachish to Eglon. And they laid siege to it and fought against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:35 - And they captured it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. And he devoted every person in it to destruction that day, as he had done to Lachish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:36 - Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron. And they fought against it

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:37 - and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king and its towns, and every person in it. He left none remaining, as he had done to Eglon, and devoted it to destruction and every person in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:38 - Then Joshua and all Israel with him turned back to Debir and fought against it

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:39 - and he captured it with its king and all its towns. And they struck them with the edge of the sword and devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. Just as he had done to Hebron and to Libnah and its king, so he did to Debir and to its king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:40 - So Joshua struck the whole land, the hill country and the Negeb and the lowland and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but devoted to destruction all that breathed, just as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:41 - And Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea as far as Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, as far as Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:42 - And Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

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ESV Footnotes
That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 28, 35, 37, 39, 40
One Hebrew manuscript, Vulgate (compare Syriac); most Hebrew manuscripts they
Or and he

Joshua 11

Conquests in Northern Canaan

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:1 - When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard of this, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:2 - and to the kings who were in the northern hill country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in Naphoth-dor on the west,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:3 - to the Canaanites in the east and the west, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4 - And they came out with all their troops, a great horde, in number like the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:5 - And all these kings joined their forces and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:6 - And the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:7 - So Joshua and all his warriors came suddenly against them by the waters of Merom and fell upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:8 - And the LORD gave them into the hand of Israel, who struck them and chased them as far as Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. And they struck them until he left none remaining.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:9 - And Joshua did to them just as the LORD said to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:10 - And Joshua turned back at that time and captured Hazor and struck its king with the sword, for Hazor formerly was the head of all those kingdoms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:11 - And they struck with the sword all who were in it, devoting them to destruction;[fn] there was none left that breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:12 - And all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua captured, and struck them with the edge of the sword, devoting them to destruction, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:13 - But none of the cities that stood on mounds did Israel burn, except Hazor alone; that Joshua burned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:14 - And all the spoil of these cities and the livestock, the people of Israel took for their plunder. But every person they struck with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they did not leave any who breathed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:15 - Just as the LORD had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:16 - So Joshua took all that land, the hill country and all the Negeb and all the land of Goshen and the lowland and the Arabah and the hill country of Israel and its lowland

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. And he captured all their kings and struck them and put them to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:18 - Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:19 - There was not a city that made peace with the people of Israel except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took them all in battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:20 - For it was the LORD’s doing to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, in order that they should be devoted to destruction and should receive no mercy but be destroyed, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:21 - And Joshua came at that time and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction with their cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:22 - There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the people of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod did some remain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:23 - So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war.
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That is, setting apart (devoting) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 12, 20, 21
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