Joshua 9:6

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.

And they went {H3212} to Joshua {H3091} unto the camp {H4264} at Gilgal {H1537}, and said {H559} unto him, and to the men {H376} of Israel {H3478}, We be come {H935} from a far {H7350} country {H776}: now therefore make {H3772} ye a league {H1285} with us.

Then they went to Y'hoshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Isra'el, "We have come from a country far away. Now, make a covenant 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.”

And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make ye a covenant with us.

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 5:10 (5 votes)

    ¶ And 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.

  • 2 Kings 20:14 (3 votes)

    Then 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.

  • Deuteronomy 20:11 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 20:15 (2 votes)

    Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities [which are] very far off from thee, which [are] not of the cities of these nations.

  • 1 Kings 8:41 (2 votes)

    Moreover concerning a stranger, that [is] not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

  • Joshua 10:43 (2 votes)

    And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

  • Joshua 9:9 (2 votes)

    And 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,