Joshua 9:6

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 ye a covenant with us.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5and old and patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them, and all the bread of their provision was dry and became moldy.

7And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Perhaps ye dwell among us, and how shall we make a covenant with you?

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Cross References

Joshua 4:19And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.

Joshua 9:9And they said to him, From a very far country. Thy servants have come because of the name of LORD thy God, for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

Joshua 10:43And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.

2 Kings 20:14Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What did these men say, and from where did they come to thee? And Hezekiah said, They have come from a far country, even from Babylon.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 9:4-15

The Artifice of the Gibeonites. ( b. c. 1450.) 3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 4 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; 5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. 6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel,… Read the whole commentary →

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