約書亞記 9:24

他們回答約書亞說：「因為有人實在告訴你的僕人，耶和華－你的上帝曾吩咐他的僕人摩西，把這全地賜給你們，並在你們面前滅絕這地的一切居民，所以我們為你們的緣故甚怕喪命，就行了這事。

tā men huí dá yuē shū yà shuō ：「 yīn wèi yǒu rén shí zài gào sù nǐ de pú rén ， yē hé huá — nǐ de shén céng fēn fù tā de pú rén mó xī ， bǎ zhè quán dì cì gěi nǐ men ， bìng zài nǐ men miàn qián miè jué zhè dì de yí qiè jū mín ， suǒ yǐ wǒ men wèi nǐ men de yuán gù shèn pà sàng mìng ， jiù xíng le zhè shì 。

They answered Joshua, and said, “Because your servants were certainly told how the LORD your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you. Therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.