The Gibeonites' trick
when all the kings on this side of the Jordan heard about it — in the hills and in the lowland and on all the coast of the Great Sea opposite Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite — they gathered together to fight Joshua and Israel as one. when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, they came up with a crafty plan. They went as though they were envoys, loading old sacks onto their donkeys and taking worn-out wineskins, cracked and patched. They wore old, patched sandals and shabby clothes, and all the bread they carried was dry and mouldy. They went to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel: We've come from a distant country. Now make a treaty with us. The Israelites said to the Hivites: For all we know, you live just down the road from us. How could we make a treaty with you? They said to Joshua: We're your servants. Joshua asked them: Who are you, and where have you come from? they said to him: Your servants have come from a very far country because of the name of the Lord your God. Because we've heard about him and everything he did in Egypt, and everything he did to the two kings of the Amorites on the other side of the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan at Ashtaroth. So our elders and everyone living in our country spoke to us: Take supplies with you for the road and go to meet them, and say to them: We're your servants. So make a covenant with us now. Look at our bread. It was still warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. Now it's dry and mouldy. These wineskins were new when we filled them, and now they're split. And our clothes and sandals are worn out from the very long journey. The men of Israel sampled their provisions, but they didn't ask counsel from the Lord. Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them to let them live. And the leaders of the assembly swore to them. And three days after they'd made a covenant with them, they heard they were their neighbours and lived among them. the Israelites set out and came to their cities on the third day. And their cities were Gibeon and Kephirah and Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim. the Israelites didn't strike them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel. And the whole gathering grumbled against the leaders. But all the leaders said to the whole gathering: We've sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel. So now we can't touch them. This is what we'll do to them. We'll let them live, so there's no anger on us because of the oath we swore to them. The leaders said: Let them live, but make them woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community. So the leaders kept their promise to them. Joshua summoned them and said: Why did you trick us by saying, We live a long way from you, when you actually live right here among us? So now you're cursed, and none of you will stop being servants and woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God. They answered Joshua: Your servants were clearly told that the Lord your God commanded Moses his servant to give you this whole land and destroy all its people before you. We feared for our lives because of you, so we did this. Now we're in your hands. Do whatever you think is right. Joshua protected them from the Israelites, and they were not killed. And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly and for the altar of the Lord, to this day, in the place he'd choose.
And when all the kings on this side of the Jordan heard about it — in the hills and in the lowland and on all the coast of the Great Sea opposite Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite — they gathered together to fight Joshua and Israel as one. And when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, they worked cleverly and went and made out they were messengers. And they took old sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins that were old and torn and tied up, and old patched sandals on their feet and old clothes on them. And all the bread of their supply was dry and mouldy. And they went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel: We've come from a far country. So make a covenant with us now. And the men of Israel said to the Hivites: Maybe you live among us. So how can we make a covenant with you? And they said to Joshua: We're your servants. And Joshua said to them: Who are you, and where do you come from? And they said to him: Your servants have come from a very far country because of the name of the Lord your God. Because we've heard about him and everything he did in Egypt, and everything he did to the two kings of the Amorites on the other side of the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan at Ashtaroth. So our elders and everyone living in our country spoke to us: Take supplies with you for the road and go to meet them, and say to them: We're your servants. So make a covenant with us now. This bread of ours we took hot for our supplies out of our houses on the day we came out to go to you. But now look — it's dry and mouldy. And these wineskins we filled were new, and look — they're torn. And these clothes and sandals of ours are worn out from the very long road. And the men took some of their food and didn't ask the mouth of the Lord. And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them to let them live. And the leaders of the gathering swore to them. And three days after they'd made a covenant with them, they heard they were their neighbours and lived among them. And the people of Israel set out and came to their towns on the third day. And their towns were Gibeon and Kephirah and Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim. And the people of Israel didn't strike them, because the leaders of the gathering had sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel. And the whole gathering grumbled against the leaders. But all the leaders said to the whole gathering: We've sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel. So now we can't touch them. This is what we'll do to them. We'll let them live, so there's no anger on us because of the oath we swore to them. And the leaders said to them: Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole gathering — the way the leaders had promised them. And Joshua called for them and spoke to them: Why have you tricked us and said, We're very far off from you, when you live among us? So now you're cursed, and none of you will stop being servants and woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God. And they answered Joshua: Because your servants were definitely told that the Lord your God ordered his servant Moses to give you the whole land and to wreck everyone living in the land in front of you. So we were very frightened for our lives because of you, and we've done this thing. And now look — we're in your hand. Do to us whatever seems good and right in your eyes. And that's what he did to them, and he got them out of the hand of the people of Israel, so they didn't kill them. And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the gathering and for the altar of the Lord, to this day, in the place he'd choose.
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 thereof; That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 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; And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. 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 with us. And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us. This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy: And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. 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 unto them. 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 them. 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. But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them. And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us? Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
when all the kings on this side of the Jordan heard about it — in the hills and in the lowland and on all the coast of the Great Sea opposite Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite —
And when all the kings on this side of the Jordan heard about it — in the hills and in the lowland and on all the coast of the Great Sea opposite Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite —
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 thereof;
they gathered together to fight Joshua and Israel as one.
That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
And when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
they came up with a crafty plan. They went as though they were envoys, loading old sacks onto their donkeys and taking worn-out wineskins, cracked and patched.
they worked cleverly and went and made out they were messengers. And they took old sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins that were old and torn and tied up,
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;
They wore old, patched sandals and shabby clothes, and all the bread they carried was dry and mouldy.
and old patched sandals on their feet and old clothes on them. And all the bread of their supply was dry and mouldy.
And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
They went to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel: We've come from a distant country. Now make a treaty with us.
And they went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel: We've come from a far country. So make a covenant with us now.
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 with us.
The Israelites said to the Hivites: For all we know, you live just down the road from us. How could we make a treaty with you?
And the men of Israel said to the Hivites: Maybe you live among us. So how can we make a covenant with you?
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
They said to Joshua: We're your servants. Joshua asked them: Who are you, and where have you come from?
And they said to Joshua: We're your servants. And Joshua said to them: Who are you, and where do you come from?
And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
they said to him: Your servants have come from a very far country because of the name of the Lord your God. Because we've heard about him and everything he did in Egypt,
And they said to him: Your servants have come from a very far country because of the name of the Lord your God. Because we've heard about him and everything he did in Egypt,
And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
and everything he did to the two kings of the Amorites on the other side of the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan at Ashtaroth.
And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
So our elders and everyone living in our country spoke to us: Take supplies with you for the road and go to meet them, and say to them: We're your servants. So make a covenant with us now.
Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
Look at our bread. It was still warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. Now it's dry and mouldy.
This bread of ours we took hot for our supplies out of our houses on the day we came out to go to you. But now look — it's dry and mouldy.
This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:
These wineskins were new when we filled them, and now they're split. And our clothes and sandals are worn out from the very long journey.
And these wineskins we filled were new, and look — they're torn. And these clothes and sandals of ours are worn out from the very long road.
And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
The men of Israel sampled their provisions, but they didn't ask counsel from the Lord.
And the men took some of their food and didn't ask the mouth of the Lord.
And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.
Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them to let them live. And the leaders of the assembly swore to them.
And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them to let them live. And the leaders of the gathering swore to them.
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
And three days after they'd made a covenant with them, they heard they were their neighbours and lived among them.
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 them.
the Israelites set out and came to their cities on the third day. And their cities were Gibeon and Kephirah and Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim.
And the people of Israel set out and came to their towns on the third day. And their towns were Gibeon and Kephirah and Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim.
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.
the Israelites didn't strike them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel. And the whole gathering grumbled against the leaders.
And the people of Israel didn't strike them, because the leaders of the gathering had sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel. And the whole gathering grumbled against the leaders.
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.
But all the leaders said to the whole gathering: We've sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel. So now we can't touch them.
But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
This is what we'll do to them. We'll let them live, so there's no anger on us because of the oath we swore to them.
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
The leaders said: Let them live, but make them woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community. So the leaders kept their promise to them.
And the leaders said to them: Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole gathering — the way the leaders had promised them.
And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
Joshua summoned them and said: Why did you trick us by saying, We live a long way from you, when you actually live right here among us?
And Joshua called for them and spoke to them: Why have you tricked us and said, We're very far off from you, when you live among us?
And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
So now you're cursed, and none of you will stop being servants and woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
They answered Joshua: Your servants were clearly told that the Lord your God commanded Moses his servant to give you this whole land and destroy all its people before you. We feared for our lives because of you, so we did this.
And they answered Joshua: Because your servants were definitely told that the Lord your God ordered his servant Moses to give you the whole land and to wreck everyone living in the land in front of you. So we were very frightened for our lives because of you, and we've done this thing.
And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
Now we're in your hands. Do whatever you think is right.
And now look — we're in your hand. Do to us whatever seems good and right in your eyes.
And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
Joshua protected them from the Israelites, and they were not killed.
And that's what he did to them, and he got them out of the hand of the people of Israel, so they didn't kill them.
And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly and for the altar of the Lord, to this day, in the place he'd choose.
And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the gathering and for the altar of the Lord, to this day, in the place he'd choose.
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.