Joshua 9 (NET)

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Joshua 9:1¹When 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)—Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 34:6 Exod 3:17 Exod 23:23 Josh 3:10 Deut 3:25 Deut 4:49 Deut 7:1 Exod 23:31 Exod 34:11 Gen 15:18-21

Joshua 9:2²they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 20:1-30 Acts 4:26-28 Isa 54:15 Isa 8:12 Isa 8:9-10 Joel 3:9-13 Prov 11:21 Ps 2:1-2 Ps 83:2-8 Rev 16:14

Joshua 9:3³When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 10:2 Josh 9:17 2 Sam 21:1-2 Josh 6:1-27 Josh 8:1-35

Joshua 9:4⁴they 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 16:8 Luke 5:37-38 Mark 2:22 Matt 10:16 1 Kgs 20:31-33 Gen 34:13 Matt 9:17 Ps 119:83

Joshua 9:5⁵They had worn-out, patched sandals on their feet and dressed in worn-out clothes. All their bread was dry and hard.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 15:22 Deut 29:5 Deut 33:25 Josh 9:13

Joshua 9:6⁶They 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.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 5:10 2 Kgs 20:14 1 Kgs 8:41 Deut 20:11-15 Josh 10:43 Josh 9:9

Joshua 9:7⁷The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 11:19 Judg 2:2 Deut 20:16 Deut 7:2-3 Exod 23:31-33 Exod 3:8 Exod 34:12 Gen 10:17 Gen 34:2 Josh 9:1

Joshua 9:8⁸But 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?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 10:5 Deut 20:11 Josh 9:11 1 Kgs 9:20-21 Gen 9:25-26 Josh 9:23 Josh 9:25 Josh 9:27

Joshua 9:9⁹They 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 EgyptCopy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 20:15 Josh 9:24 Isa 55:5 Josh 2:9-10 1 Kgs 8:41 2 Chr 6:32-33 Exod 15:14 Exod 9:16 Isa 66:19 Neh 9:5

Joshua 9:10¹⁰and all he did to the two Amorite kings on the other side of the Jordan—King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan in Ashtaroth.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 1:4 Deut 2:30-3:7 Josh 12:4 Num 21:24-35 1 Chr 6:71

Joshua 9:11¹¹Our 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.”’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Esth 8:17 Josh 9:8 Gen 43:12 Josh 1:11 Luke 9:3 Matt 10:9-10

Joshua 9:12¹²This 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 9:4-5

Joshua 9:13¹³These 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.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Joshua 9:14¹⁴The men examined some of their provisions, but they failed to ask the Lord ’s advice.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 3:5-6 Num 27:21 1 Chr 10:13-14 2 Sam 5:19 1 Sam 23:9-12 1 Sam 30:7-8 Ezra 8:21 Isa 30:1-2 Judg 1:1 Judg 20:28

Joshua 9:15¹⁵Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 21:2 Deut 20:10-11 Josh 11:19 Josh 6:22-25 Exod 23:32 Jer 18:7-8 Josh 2:12-19

Joshua 9:16¹⁶Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 12:19

Joshua 9:17¹⁷So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 2:25 Josh 18:25-28 1 Chr 13:5-6 1 Chr 21:29 1 Sam 7:1 2 Chr 1:3-4 Josh 10:2 Josh 15:60 Josh 15:9 Josh 18:14

Joshua 9:18¹⁸The Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them in the name of the Lord God of Israel. The whole community criticized the leaders,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 15:4 2 Sam 21:7 Eccl 5:2 Eccl 5:6 Eccl 9:2

Joshua 9:19¹⁹but all the leaders told the whole community, “We swore an oath to them in the name of the Lord God of Israel! So now we can’t hurt them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eccl 8:2 Eccl 9:2 Jer 4:2 Josh 9:20

Joshua 9:20²⁰We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 17:12-21 Mal 3:5 Prov 20:25 1 Tim 1:10 2 Chr 36:13 2 Sam 21:1-6 Rom 1:31 Zech 5:3-4

Joshua 9:21²¹The leaders then added, “Let them live.” So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 29:11 Josh 9:23 Josh 9:27 2 Chr 2:17-18 Josh 9:15

Joshua 9:22²²Joshua 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?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 9:6 Josh 9:16 Gen 27:35-36 Gen 27:41-45 Gen 29:25 Gen 3:13-14 Josh 9:9-10 2 Cor 11:3

Joshua 9:23²³Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 9:21 Gen 9:25-26 Josh 9:27 Lev 27:28-29

Joshua 9:24²⁴They 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 20:15-17 Deut 7:1-2 Exod 23:31-33 Matt 10:28 Num 33:55-56 Deut 7:23-24 Exod 15:14-16 Job 2:4 Josh 9:9 Num 33:51-52

Joshua 9:25²⁵So now we are in your power. Do to us what you think is good and appropriate.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 16:6 Jer 26:14 Judg 10:15 1 Sam 3:18 2 Sam 24:14 Isa 47:6 Jer 38:5 Judg 8:15 Matt 11:26

Joshua 9:26²⁶Joshua did as they said; he kept the Israelites from killing themCopy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Joshua 9:27²⁷and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the Lord at the divinely chosen site. (They continue in that capacity to this very day.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 12:5