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Joshua 9:16 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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 neighbours, and that they dwelt among "
Joshua 9:16
Verse in Context
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And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware
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 neighbours, and that they dwelt among
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.
And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
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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"
Joshua 9:2
"That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord."
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"
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