Joshua 9:13 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And these bottles of wine, which we filled, {were} new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.”

Joshua 9:13

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Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We {are} your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us. {with you: Heb. in your hand}

This our bread we took hot {for} our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:

And these bottles of wine, which we filled, {were} new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.

And the men took of their victuals, and asked not {counsel} at the mouth of the LORD. {the men...: or, they received the men by reason of their victuals}

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

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Joshua 9:1

"And it came to pass, when all the kings which {were} on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard {thereof};"

Joshua 9:2

"That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. {accord: Heb. mouth}"

Joshua 9:3

"And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,"

Joshua 9:4

"They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;"

Joshua 9:5

"And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry {and} mouldy."

Joshua 9:6

"And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us."

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