the law of Moses: an altar of
unhewn stones, which iron had not touched: and he offered upon it
holocausts to the Lord, and immolated victims of peace offerings.

8:32. And he wrote upon stones, the Deuteronomy of the law of Moses,
which he had ordered before the children of Israel.

8:33. And all the people, and the ancients, and the princes, and judges,
stood on both sides of the ark, before the priests that carried the ark
of the covenant of the Lord, both the stranger and he that was born
among them, half of them by Mount Garizim, and half by Mount Hebal, as
Moses the servant of the Lord, had commanded. And first he blessed the
people of Israel.

8:34. After this, he read all the words of the blessing and the cursing,
and all things that were written in the book of the law.

8:35. He left out nothing of those things which Moses had commanded, but
he repeated all before all the people of Israel, with the women and
children, and strangers, that dwelt among them.

Josue Chapter 9

Josue is deceived by the Gabaonites: who being detected are condemned to
be perpetual servants.

9:1. Now when these things were heard of, all the kings beyond the
Jordan, that dwelt in the mountains, and in the plains, in the places
near the sea, and on the coasts of the great sea, they also that dwell
by Libanus, the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, the Chanaanite, the
Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite,

9:2. Gathered themselves together, to fight against Josue and Israel
with one mind, and one resolution.

9:3. But they that dwelt in Gabaon, hearing all that Josue had done to
Jericho and Hai:

9:4. Cunningly devising took for themselves provisions, laying old sacks
upon their asses, and wine bottles rent and sewed up again,

9:5. And very old shoes, which for a show of age were clouted with
patches, and old garments upon them: the loaves also, which they carried
for provisions by the way, were hard, and broken into pieces:

9:6. And they went to Josue, who then abode in the camp at Galgal, and
said to him, and to all Israel with him: We are come from a far country,
desiring to make peace with you. And the children of Israel answered
them, and said:

9:7. Perhaps you dwell in the land which falls to our lot; if so, we can
make no league with you.

9:8. But they said to Josue: We are thy servants. Josue said to them:
Who are you? and whence came you?

9:9. They answered: From a very far country thy servants are come