Joshua 9:4
they did something clever. They collected some provisions and put worn-out sacks on their donkeys, along with worn-out wineskins that were ripped and patched.
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- Mark 2:22 : 22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be destroyed. Instead new wine is poured into new wineskins.”
- Luke 5:37-38 : 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. 38 Instead new wine must be poured into new wineskins.
- Luke 16:8 : 8 The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.
- Gen 34:13 : 13 Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.
- 1 Kgs 20:31-33 : 31 His advisers said to him,“Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and surrender to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.” 32 So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel. They said,“Your servant Ben Hadad says,‘Please let me live!’” Ahab replied,“Is he still alive? He is my brother.” 33 The men took this as a good omen and quickly accepted his offer, saying,“Ben Hadad is your brother.” Ahab then said,“Go, get him.” So Ben Hadad came out to him, and Ahab pulled him up into his chariot.
- Ps 119:83 : 83 For I am like a wineskin dried up in smoke. I do not forget your statutes.
- Matt 9:17 : 17 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the skins burst and the wine is spilled out and the skins are destroyed. Instead they put new wine into new wineskins and both are preserved.”
- Matt 10:16 : 16 Persecution of Disciples“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
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- Josh 9:5-62 verses83%
5 They had worn-out, patched sandals on their feet and dressed in worn-out clothes. All their bread was dry and hard.
6 They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel,“We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.”
- Josh 9:2-32 verses82%
2 they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.
3 When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,
- Josh 9:11-144 verses76%
11 Our leaders and all who live in our land told us,‘Take provisions for your journey and go meet them. Tell them,“We are willing to be your subjects. Make a treaty with us.”’
12 This bread of ours was warm when we packed it in our homes the day we started out to meet you, but now it is dry and hard.
13 These wineskins we filled were brand new, but look how they have ripped. Our clothes and sandals have worn out because it has been a very long journey.”
14 The men examined some of their provisions, but they failed to ask the LORD’s advice.
- Gen 44:11-133 verses71%
11 So each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
12 Then the man searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack!
13 They all tore their clothes! Then each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.
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15 Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the wilderness.
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26 So they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.
- Josh 9:16-172 verses69%
16 Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby.
17 So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities– Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.
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1 Israel Defeats an Amorite Coalition Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho and its king. He also heard how the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.
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34 So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, with their kneading troughs bound up in their clothing on their shoulders.
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22 Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said to them,“Why did you trick us by saying,‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby?
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18 So Abigail quickly took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five prepared sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred lumps of pressed figs. She loaded them on donkeys
- Josh 2:22-232 verses67%
22 They went to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them to return. Their pursuers looked all along the way but did not find them.
23 Then the two men returned– they came down from the hills, crossed the river, came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.
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19 When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
- Gen 44:2-32 verses67%
2 Then put my cup– the silver cup– in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the money for his grain.” He did as Joseph instructed.
3 When morning came, the men and their donkeys were sent off.
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28 They took their flocks, herds, and donkeys, as well as everything in the city and in the surrounding fields.
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11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! They have taken some of the riches; they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions.
- Josh 7:22-232 verses66%
22 Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent. The things were hidden right in his tent, with the silver underneath.
23 They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed it before the LORD.
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7 So they got up and fled at dusk, leaving behind their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.
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15 Men were assigned to take the prisoners and find clothes among the plunder for those who were naked. So they clothed them, supplied them with sandals, gave them food and drink, and provided them with oil to rub on their skin. They put the ones who couldn’t walk on donkeys. They brought them back to their brothers at Jericho, the city of date palm trees, and then returned to Samaria.
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19 No city made peace with the Israelites(except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them,
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39 Someone went out to the field to gather some herbs and found a wild vine. He picked some of its fruit, enough to fill up the fold of his robe. He came back, cut it up, and threw the slices into the stew pot, not knowing they were harmful.
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9 Joshua did to them as the LORD had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
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2 The king of Jericho received this report:“Note well! Israelite men have come here tonight to spy on the land.”
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24 They left and went up to the hill country, coming to the Eshcol Valley, which they scouted out.
- Josh 10:3-42 verses66%
3 So King Adoni-Zedek of Jerusalem sent this message to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon:
4 “Come to my aid so we can attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
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9 Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place west of Ai, between Bethel and Ai. Joshua spent that night with the army.
- Josh 8:12-132 verses66%
12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.
13 The army was in position– the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into the middle of the valley.
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15 They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen in charge of the livestock. They carried off many sheep and camels and then returned to Jerusalem.
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15 So they tracked them as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. The scouts went back and told the king.