Then three days after I had my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one else in the house except the two of us.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;So today we are slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy<n id="1" /> its good things &#8211; we are slaves!

But we said to him, &#8216;We are honest men; we are not spies!

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

Get up, for this matter concerns you. We are with you, so be strong and act decisively!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">They will fall down,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but we<n id="2" /> will stand firm.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he knows what we are made of;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he realizes<n id="2" /> we are made of clay.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But we will praise the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">now and forevermore.p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;They cry,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Harvest time has come and gone, and the summer is over,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and still we have not been delivered.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">How can you men of Moab say, &#8216;We are heroes,p> <p class="poetry">men who are mighty in battle?&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Our forefathers<n id="1" /> sinned and are dead,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but we<n id="3" /> suffer<n id="4" /> their punishment.<n id="5" />p>

We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies.&#8221;p>

If one of us has it,<n id="1" /> he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord&#8217;s slaves!&#8221;p>

Why<n id="1" /> have you brought up the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s community into this wilderness? So that<n id="2" /> we and our cattle should die here?

You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone<n id="1" /> doing what seems best to him,

The men said to her, &#8220;We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:<n id="1" />

But they said to Joshua, &#8220;We are willing to be your subjects.&#8221;<n id="1" /> So Joshua said to them, &#8220;Who are you and where do you come from?&#8221;

They said to him, &#8220;Seek a divine oracle for us,<n id="1" /> so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.&#8221;<n id="2" />

We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us<n id="1" /> and fight our battles.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Jonathan replied, &#8220;All right!<n id="1" /> We&#8217;ll go over to these men and fight them.