Joshua 9:24

They answered Joshua, “It was because we, your servants, were assured that the Lord your God had ordered his servant Moses to assign you all the land and to destroy all the people living in it. That put us in terror of our lives before you, and so we did this.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

23A curse on you! You will forever provide us with slaves for the temple of my God, woodcutters and watercarriers.”

25Well, we are in your power! Whatever you think right and fair to do to us, do it.”

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Cross References

Joshua 2:9“I know that the Lord has given you this country, and how the terror of you has fallen upon us, until all who live here are trembling before you.

Joshua 6:21They massacred all in the city, men and women, old and young alike, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, giving no quarter.

Joshua 10:2he and his men were in terror. For Gibeon was a large town, like a royal city, larger than Ai, and all its men were stout fighters.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 9:23-27

The Gibeonites Made Bondmen. ( b. c. 1450.) 22 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? 23 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. 24 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… Read the whole commentary →

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