Then Joshuacalledfor them and spoketo them, saying,"Whyhave you deceivedus, saying,'We are veryfarfrom you,' when you are livingwithinour land?
So it cameabout in the morningthat, behold,it was Leah!And he saidto Laban,"Whatis thisyou have doneto me? Was it not for Rachelthat I servedwith you? Whythen have you deceivedme?"
But I am afraidthat, as the serpentdeceivedEveby his craftiness,your mindswill be led astrayfrom the simplicityand purity[of devotion] to Christ.
It cameabout at the endof threedaysafterthey had madea covenantwith them, that they heardthat they were neighborsand that they were livingwithintheir land.
When the inhabitantsof GibeonheardwhatJoshuahad doneto Jerichoand to Ai,
They wentto Joshuato the campat Gilgaland saidto him and to the menof Israel,"We have comefrom a farcountry;nowtherefore, makea covenantwith us."
