Joshua 9:6
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.”
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Referenced Verses
- Josh 5:10 : 10 So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month in the rift valley plains of Jericho.
- 2 Kgs 20:14 : 14 Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him,“What did these men say? Where do they come from?” Hezekiah replied,“They come from the distant land of Babylon.”
- Deut 20:11-15 : 11 If it accepts your terms and submits to you, all the people found in it will become your slaves. 12 If it does not accept terms of peace but makes war with you, then you are to lay siege to it. 13 The LORD your God will deliver it over to you and you must kill every single male by the sword. 14 However, the women, little children, cattle, and anything else in the city– all its plunder– you may take for yourselves as spoil. You may take from your enemies the plunder that the LORD your God has given you. 15 This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.
- Josh 9:9 : 9 They told him,“Your subjects have come from a very distant land because of the reputation of the LORD your God, for we have heard the news about all he did in Egypt
- Josh 10:43 : 43 Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.
- 1 Kgs 8:41 : 41 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation.
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- Josh 9:7-93 verses86%
7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites,“Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?”
8 But they said to Joshua,“We are willing to be your subjects.” So Joshua said to them,“Who are you and where do you come from?”
9 They told him,“Your subjects have come from a very distant land because of the reputation of the LORD your God, for we have heard the news about all he did in Egypt
- Josh 9:11-122 verses82%
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.
- Josh 9:22-254 verses80%
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?
23 Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
24 They said to Joshua,“It was carefully reported to your subjects how the LORD your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified we would lose our lives, so we did this thing.
25 So now we are in your power. Do to us what you think is good and appropriate.”
- Josh 9:15-173 verses78%
15 Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.
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.
- Josh 9:1-55 verses74%
1 The Gibeonites Deceive Israel When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan– in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the Mediterranean coast as far as Lebanon(including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)–
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,
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.
5 They had worn-out, patched sandals on their feet and dressed in worn-out clothes. All their bread was dry and hard.
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6 The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal,“Do not abandon your subjects! Come up here quickly and rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.”
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16 They told Joshua,“We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.
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28 They replied,“We could plainly see that the LORD is with you. So we decided there should be a pact between us– between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you
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15 They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them:
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9 Joshua told the Israelites,“Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God!”
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4 “Come to my aid so we can attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
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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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22 So all of you approached me and said,“Let’s send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there.”
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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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15 Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.
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6 The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him,“You know what the LORD said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea.
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6 They said,“Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites.”
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43 Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.
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13 Israel Conquers Jericho When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him,“Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?”
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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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19 Then we left Horeb and passed through all that immense, forbidding wilderness that you saw on the way to the Amorite hill country as the LORD our God had commanded us to do, finally arriving at Kadesh Barnea.
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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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9 The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
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22 Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.
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17 The men said to her,“We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:
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7 Joshua prayed,“O, Sovereign LORD! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us? If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan!
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22 Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land,“Enter the prostitute’s house and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.”
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12 Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh:
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1 Saul Comes to the Aid of Jabesh Nahash the Ammonite marched against Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh Gilead said to Nahash,“Make a treaty with us and we will serve you.”
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1 Joshua Sends Home the Eastern Tribes Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh