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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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_made them that day_ It is deserving of notice that the Gibeonites
never appear to have betrayed their trust, or enticed Israel into
idolatry....
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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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_VER._ 27. _AND JOSHUA MADE THEM THAT DAY HEWERS,_ &C.—
Thenceforward he condemned them for ever to this service, the duties
of which they continued to discharge in the time of Nehemiah, under
the nam...
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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 יִּתְּנֵ֨ם יְהֹושֻׁ֜עַ בַּ †
יֹּ֣ום הַ...
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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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And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for
the congregation, and for the (n) altar of the LORD, even unto this
day, in the place which he should choose.
(n) That is, for th...
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_Chosen in the tabernacle and temple. (Menochius) --- In these
Gabaonites, of the race of Chanaan, the prediction of Noe, that he
should serve Sem, was fulfilled, Genesis ix. (Worthington)_...
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Oh! what an honour were those Gibeonites brought to, in this best of
all services. If the Reader will consult the prophecy of Isaiah, he
will there discover, that the Lord hath promised to gather all...
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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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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 MADE THEM THAT DAY,.... Constituted and appointed them,
ordered and settled them, in the post and office after mentioned; or
"gave" them u; hence some think they had the name Nethinim, pers...
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And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for
the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day,
in the place which he should choose.
Ver. 27. _For the congr...
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_And for the altar of the Lord_ By which it appears, that they were
not only to do this service in God's house, but upon all other
occasions, as the congregation needed their help....
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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 made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for
the congregation and for the altar of the Lord even unto this day, at
the Tabernacle, IN THE PLACE WHICH HE SHOULD CHOOSE, this no...
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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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By which it appears that they were not only to do this service in
God's house, but upon all other occasions, as the congregation needed
or required their help....
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Joshua 9:27 day H3117 Joshua H3091 made H5414 (H8799) woodcutters
H2404 (H8802) H6086 water H4325 carriers...
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‘ And so did he to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the
children of Israel, that they slew them not. And Joshua made them that
day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation,...
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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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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 9:27 IN THE PLACE THAT HE SHOULD CHOOSE. See
Deuteronomy 12:5. Shiloh appears to have served as Israel’s central
sanctuary from the time of Joshua ...
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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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1 Chronicles 9:2; 2 Chronicles 6:6; Deuteronomy 12:5; Deuteronomy
16:16;...