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Were the Israelites bound to respect an oath thus procured by fraud?
Were they right in doing so? Dr. Sanderson (“Works,” vol. iv. 4
pp. 269, 300, Oxford edition), determines these questions in the
af...
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9. THE GIBEONITES
CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The confederacy of the enemies (Joshua 9:1)_
2. The deception of the Gibeonites (Joshua 9:3)
3. The failure (Joshua 9:14)
4. The deception discovered ...
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JOSHUA 9. THE STRATAGEM OF THE GIBEONITES. This account, though
composite, is straightforward enough if Joshua 9:17 be omitted. These
verses _give_ an account by the priestly writer in which the princ...
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The Embassy of the Gibeonites
3. _of Gibeon_ This city was the head of the four towns occupied by
the Hivites, the other three being Chephirah, Beeroth, and
Kirjath-jearim (Joshua 9:17). It appears to...
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_The Servitude of the Gibeonites Joshua 9:16-27_
16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a
league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and
that they d...
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THE LEAGUE WITH THE GIBEONITES
Joshua 9 forms an introduction to the narrative of the Southern
campaign (Joshua 10). The Gibeonite cities were important enough both
politically and geographically (see...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 9
THE *ISRAELITES BECOME FRIENDS WITH THEIR...
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וַ יִּקְרָ֤א לָהֶם֙ יְהֹושֻׁ֔עַ וַ
יְדַבֵּ֥ר...
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CHAPTER XVIII.
THE STRATAGEM OF THE GIBEONITES.
Joshua 9:1.
WE now resume the thread of the story interrupted by the narrative of
the transaction at Ebal and Gerizim. We learn from the testimony of...
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“HEWERS OF WOOD AND DRAWERS OF WATER”
Joshua 9:16
The faith of these people was so far rewarded that, while their
deception was punished by their reduction to the most menial tasks,
yet their lives w...
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The fame and the dread of the people by this time were spreading far
and wide. The kings of Canaan, conscious of their danger, formed a
league against the oncoming hosts.
However, before they had time...
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TROUBLE WITH THE GIBEONITES
Joshua 9:1-27; Joshua 10:1-43; Joshua 11:1-23
God had instructed Israel to destroy the Canaanites when they came
into the land ...
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The curse here denounced by Joshua, is done away by the privilege the
Gibeonites were brought into, as incorporated among God's heritage.
Jesus hath redeemed both Israel and the Gentile church from th...
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In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power.
Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have
to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...
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_GUILEFUL GIBEONITES_
‘Wherefore have ye beguiled us?’
Joshua 9:22
Joshua and the elders, although at first a little in doubt about the
Gibeonites’ story, seem to consider this too plain and obviou...
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22._And Joshua called for them, etc. _As he was to deliver a sad and
severe sentence, he premises that the resolution involves no
injustice, because nothing would be more unbecoming than to allow
tric...
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But, if such a position as this proclaims the rights of God and
manifests the confidence of the people, it soon leads to conflict. The
enemy will not consent to the invasion and the taking possession...
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AND JOSHUA CALLED FOR THEM,.... The Gibeonites, who came as
ambassadors for their people, who were detained at Gilgal until the
children of Israel returned from Gibeon; and upon their return, and
havi...
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And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore
have ye beguiled us, saying, We [are] very far from you; when ye dwell
among us?
Ver. 22. _Wherefore have ye beguiled us?_] _See...
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_Called for them_ Probably not only the messengers, but the elders of
Gibeon were now present. _Therefore ye are cursed_ You shall not
escape the curse of God, which, by divine sentence, belongs to al...
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1 The kings combine against Israel.
3 The Gibeonites by craft obtaine a League.
16 For which they are condemned to perpetual bondage.
1 AND it came to passe when all the kings which were on this si...
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And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, "Wherefore
have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you, when ye dwell
among us? It was a just rebuke of the lying craftiness of th...
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The Deception Discovered and Punished....
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DECEIVED BY THE GIBEONITES
(vs.1-27)
The calm deliberation with which the Lord was acting gave time for the
forces of the enemy to be marshaled against Israel. Six nations, the
Hittites, Amorites, Ca...
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22-27 The Gibeonites do not justify their lie, but plead that they
did it to save their lives. And the fear was not merely of the power
of man; one might flee from that to the Divine protection; but...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Joshua 9:22 Joshua H3091 called H7121 (H8799) spoke H1696 (H8762)
saying H559 (H8800) deceived H7411 ...
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‘And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, “Why
have you deceived us, saying ‘we are very far from you', when you
dwell among us? Now therefore you are cursed, and you will never cease...
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CONTENTS: The league with the Gibeonites.
CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, ambassadors of the Gibeonites.
CONCLUSION: We make more haste than good progress in any business when
we do not stop to take God al...
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Joshua 9:1. _All the kings to fight with Joshua._ They realized the
ancient proverb, _Quem Deus vult perdere, primum dementat._ He whom
God destroys is first mad.
Joshua 9:4. _Wine bottles, old and re...
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_The inhabitants of Gibeon _. .. _ did work wilily._
A CANAANITISH STRATAGEM
I. How this device originated.
1. Their wisdom suggested it. The selfsame facts suggest different
courses of action to th...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 9:1 Having failed to consult the Lord, Israel
is tricked into making a peace covenant with the Gibeonites. The
Gibeonites claimed to be from a “distant country” (v. Joshua 9:6)
b...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 9:17. On the third day] That is the same as “at the end of
three days” in Joshua 9:16. “The armed men would move from Gilgal
to Gibeon (about twelve miles) in the same day on w...
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EXPOSITION
THE GIBEONITES.—
JOSHUA 9:1
AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN ALL THE KINGS. According to the explanation
given above (Joshua 6:5, Joshua 6:15) of the
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This time shall we turn to the book of Joshua, chapter nine as we
begin our study this evening.
Now the children of Israel had conquered Jericho and Ai, which were
strong cities. The kings that were i...
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2 Corinthians 11:3; Genesis 27:35; Genesis 27:36; Genesis 27:41;...
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Called for them — Probably not only the messengers, but the elders
of Gibeon were now present....