(7-13) The Gibeonites explain their story to Joshua and the leaders of Israel. How Joshua and the leaders of Israel were deceived. All their other devices simply lead to strengthen the deception offered. They said, “ We have come from a far country” when of course they had not. From a far country: Beyond their deceptive appearance, the Gibeonites simply lied. They were clever ( craftily), they misrepresented themselves ( pretended), and they even gave false “evidence” as part of their deception ( old sacks…old wineskins… old and patched sandals… dry and moldy bread).Ĭ. They worked craftily: Notice the methods of deception used by the Gibeonites. They worked craftily, and went and pretended to be ambassadors: The Gibeonites will try to deceive Israel into making a peace treaty with them, though Israel was forbidden to make peace with any of the tribes of Canaan (Exodus 23:23-24).ī. And they went to Joshua, to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country now therefore, make a covenant with us.”Ī. And they took old sacks on their donkeys, old wineskins torn and mended, old and patched sandals on their feet, and old garments on themselves and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy. (3-6) The Gibeonites approach Joshua and Israel in another way.īut when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, they worked craftily, and went and pretended to be ambassadors. They gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one accord: This is a classic, frontal attack – they will try to defeat Israel on the field of battle, in head-to-head competition. When they heard how the LORD gave them victory over Ai, they had reason to be afraid.ī. When all the kings who were on this side of the Jordan…heard about it: When the Canaanite kings heard how the LORD delivered Jericho to Israel, they had reason to be afraid. (1-2) The southern kings gather together against Israel.Īnd it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side of the Jordan, in the hills and in the lowland and in all the coasts of the Great Sea toward Lebanon the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite heard about it, that they gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one accord.Ī. Two different strategies of attack against Israel.
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