Thy servants — We desire a league with you upon your own terms; we are ready to accept of any conditions. From whence came ye — For this free and general concession gave Joshua cause to suspect that they were Canaanites.
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Joshua 9:8
8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?