“So today we are slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy its good things – we are slaves!

But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies!

Now, our God, we give thanks to you and praise your majestic name!

For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.

How can you men of Moab say, ‘We are heroes, men who are mighty in battle?’

Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.

Jacob asked them, “My brothers, where are you from?” They replied, “We’re from Haran.”

We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies.”

If one of us has it, he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves!”

Why have you brought up the Lord’s community into this wilderness? So that we and our cattle should die here?

You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone doing what seems best to him,

The men said to her, “We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:

But they said to Joshua, “We are willing to be your subjects.” So Joshua said to them, “Who are you and where do you come from?”

They said to him, “Seek a divine oracle for us, so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.”

We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us and fight our battles.”

Jonathan replied, “All right! We’ll go over to these men and fight them.

All Israel joined David at Hebron and said, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood!

There were those who said, “With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain grain in order to eat and stay alive.”

There were others who said, “We are putting up our fields, our vineyards, and our houses as collateral in order to obtain grain during the famine.”

(10:1) “Because of all of this we are entering into a binding covenant in written form; our leaders, our Levites, and our priests have affixed their names on the sealed document.”