Hearing of Jericho and Ai, the Gibeonites resort to trickery, arriving in worn clothes with moldy bread to claim they have come from a distant country, and secure a treaty of peace. Israel makes the covenant without inquiring of the LORD, and when the deceit is discovered they honor their oath but make the Gibeonites woodcutters and water-carriers for the house of God.
Joshua study chapter
Joshua 9
c. 1406 BCThe Gibeonites deceive Israel into a treaty by pretending to come from far away, and become woodcutters and water-carriers.
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