They saidto him, "Your servantshave comefrom a veryfarcountrybecause of the fameof the LORDyour God;for we have heardthe reportof Him and allthat He didin Egypt,
"Alsoconcerningthe foreignerwhois not of Your peopleIsrael,when he comesfrom a farcountryfor Your name'ssake
Then the Levites,Jeshua,Kadmiel,Bani,Hashabneiah,Sherebiah,Hodiah,Shebaniah[and] Pethahiah,said,"Arise,blessthe LORDyour Godforeverand ever!O may Your gloriousnamebe blessedAnd exaltedaboveallblessingand praise!
Let them praisethe nameof the LORD,For His namealoneis exalted;His gloryis aboveearthand heaven.
And blessedbe His gloriousnameforever;And may the wholeearthbe filledwith His glory.Amen,and Amen.
He wroughtwondersbeforetheir fathersIn the landof Egypt,in the fieldof Zoan.
That they may knowthat You alone,whose nameis the LORD,Are the MostHighoverallthe earth.
"The peopleshave heard,they tremble;Anguishhas grippedthe inhabitantsof Philistia.
"But, indeed,for thisreasonI have allowed you to remain,in orderto showyou My powerand in orderto proclaimMy namethrough allthe earth.
"Behold,you will calla nationyou do not know,And a nationwhich knowsyou not will runto you, Becauseof the LORDyour God,even the HolyOneof Israel;For He has glorifiedyou."
"I will seta signamong them and will sendsurvivorsfrom them to the nations:Tarshish,Put,Lud,Meshech,Rosh,Tubaland Javan,to the distantcoastlandsthat have neitherheardMy famenorseenMy glory.And they will declareMy gloryamong the nations.
"Now if You slaythispeopleas oneman,then the nationswhohave heardof Your famewill say,
From KadeshMosesthen sentmessengersto the kingof Edom:"Thusyour brotherIsraelhas said,You knowallthe hardshipthat has befallenus;
For [in the case of] manywho haduncleanspirits,they were comingout [of them] shoutingwith a loudvoice;and manywho had been paralyzedand lamewere healed.
"Ifit agreesto makepeacewith you and opensto you, then allthe peoplewho are foundin it shall becomeyour forcedlaborand shall serveyou.
"Thusyou shall doto allthe citiesthat are veryfarfrom you, whichare not of the citiesof thesenationsnearby.
and allthat He didto the twokingsof the Amoriteswhowere beyondthe Jordan,to Sihonkingof Heshbonand to Ogkingof Bashanwhowas at Ashtaroth.
It cameabout at the endof threedaysafterthey had madea covenantwith them, that they heardthat they were neighborsand that they were livingwithintheir land.
Then the sonsof Israelsetout and cameto their citieson the thirdday.Now their cities[were] Gibeonand Chephirahand Beerothand Kiriath-jearim.
So they answeredJoshuaand said,"Becauseit was certainlytoldyour servantsthat the LORDyour Godhad commandedHis servantMosesto giveyou allthe land,and to destroyallthe inhabitantsof the landbeforeyou; therefore we fearedgreatlyfor our livesbecauseof you, and have donethisthing.
