Joshua 9:24

And they responded to Joshua, and said—Because it was, plainly told, thy servants, how that Yahweh thy God had commanded Moses his servant to give unto you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you,—therefore feared we greatly, for our lives, because of you, and did this thing.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

23Now, therefore, accursed, ye are,—and ye shall not cease to be in bond-service as hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God.

25Now, therefore, here we are, in thy hand,—as may be good and right in thine eyes, to do unto us, do.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:31So will I set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines and from the desert unto the River (Euphrates),—for I will deliver into your hand the inhabitants of the land, so shalt thou drive them out from before thee.

Numbers 33:55But if ye do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall it be. that they whom ye leave remaining of them will become pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and will harass you, concerning the land, wherein, ye are settling down.

Deuteronomy 7:23But Yahweh thy God will deliver them up before thee,—and discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they are destroyed;

Joshua 2:9and said unto the men, I know that Yahweh hath given unto you the land,—and that the terror of you hath fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land, have melted away, from before you.

Joshua 6:21And they devoted all that were in the city, both man and woman, both young and old,—and ox and sheep and ass, with the edge of the sword.

Joshua 10:2then feared they greatly, because Gibeon was, a great city, as one of the royal cities,—and because, it, was greater than Ai, and, all the men thereof, were mighty:

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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