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Joshua 9:23

JOSHUA—NOTE ON Joshua 9:23 The Gibeonite deceivers are declared to be cursed, to be cutters of wood and drawers of water. Yet Joshua assigns them to the house of my God. Supplying wood and water for the sacrificial system in Israel would indeed be hard work, but to be closely associated with the house of God would have been considered a blessing (Psalms 84:10).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 9:23. _NOW THEREFORE YE ARE CURSED_] Does not this refer to what was pronounced by Noah, Genesis 9:26, against Ham and his posterity? Did not the curse of Ham imply _slavery_, and nothin...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _ye are cursed_ Comp. Genesis 9:25....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 23. _NOW, THEREFORE, YE ARE CURSED,_ &C.— "Notwithstanding the oath which we have sworn to you, ye shall not utterly escape that sentence of malediction which the Lord of the whole earth has pr...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _NOW THEREFORE YE ARE CURSED, AND THERE SHALL NONE OF YOU BE FREED FROM BEING BONDMEN, AND HEWERS OF WOOD AND DRAWERS OF WATER FOR THE HOUSE OF MY GOD._ Now therefore ye are cursed. The sentence pron...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    9:23 be (a-12) Lit. 'there shall not be cut off from you.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BONDMEN, AND HEWERS OF WOOD AND DRAWERS OF WATER FOR THE HOUSE OF MY GOD. — The precedent established in regard to the Gibeonites appears to have been followed by Solomon in his dealings with all the...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עַתָּ֖ה אֲרוּרִ֣ים אַתֶּ֑ם וְ לֹֽא ־יִכָּר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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 ...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Now therefore ye [are] cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for (l) the house of my God. (l) For the use of the tabernacle and the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Curse. Hebrew, "you are cursed, and there shall be none of you freed from being bondmen;" (Haydock) you are a part of those nations which are under an anathema, and you deserve to be severely punished...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    NOW THEREFORE YE [ARE] CURSED,.... Appear to be the posterity of cursed Canaan, and, notwithstanding the artifice used, should not be exempted from the curse denounced on Canaan: "a servant of servant...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _Now therefore ye [are] cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God._ Ver. 23. _Now therefore ye are cursed,_] viz...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Now, therefore, ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, they were never to cease being slaves, that was to be their social status in Israel forever, AND HEWERS OF WOOD...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Deception Discovered and Punished....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    NONE OF YOU BE FREED: _ Heb._ not be cut off from you...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    YE ARE CURSED; you shall not escape the curse of God, which by Divine sentence belongs to all the Canaanites, who are a people devoted by God to ruin, but only change the quality of it; you shall feel...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 9:23 cursed H779 (H8803) freed H3772 (H8735) woodcutters H2404 (H8802) H6086 water H4325 carriers...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Genesis 9:25; Genesis 9:26; Joshua 9:21; Joshua 9:27; Leviticus 27:28;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Ye are cursed — You shall not escape the curse of God which by divine sentence belongs to all the Canaanites; but only change the quality of it, you shall feel that curse of bondage, which is proper t...

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