¹⁰ Therefore the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you.

² Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach on all Israel.

³ The elders of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there be none to save us, we will come out to you.