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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Joshua 9 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/joshua/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/joshua/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Joshua 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../joshua/8.htm" title="Joshua 8">◄</a> Joshua 9 <a href="../joshua/10.htm" title="Joshua 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/joshua/9.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Trickery by the Gibeonites</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Eventually all the kings who reigned in the hill country across the Jordan River and in the low-lying coastlands of the Mediterranean Sea facing Lebanon heard about this. So the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>united together as one to fight against both Joshua and Israel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>they took the initiative by preparing their provisions shrewdly: they took tattered sacks for their donkeys, worn-out, torn, and mended wineskins, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>worn-out, patched sandals for their feet, and worn-out clothes. All of their food was dried out and covered in mold. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then they approached Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and addressed him and the Israelis, “We’ve arrived from a distant country, so please make a treaty with us right now.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But the Israelis responded to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live in our midst. If this is so,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:7 The Heb. lacks If this is so">a</a></span> how can we make a treaty with you?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So they responded to Joshua, “We are your servants.”</p> <p class="reg">Joshua asked them, “Who are you? And where did you come from?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They answered, “Your servants have arrived from a very distant land, because of the reputation<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:9 Lit. name">b</a></span> of the LORD your God, because we’ve heard a report about all that he did in Egypt, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>along with all of what he did to the two Amorite kings who were beyond the Jordan River—that is, to King Sihon of Heshbon and to King Og of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So our leaders and all of the inhabitants of our country told us, ‘Take provisions along with you for your journey, go to meet them, and tell them, “We are your servants. Come now and make a treaty with us.”’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Look at<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:12 Lit. Here is">c</a></span> our bread: it was still warm when we took it from our houses as our food for our journey on the very day we set out to come to you. But now, look how it’s dry and moldy. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And these wineskins were new when we filled them, but look—now they’re cracked. And our clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So the leaders of Israel<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:14 The Heb. lacks of Israel">d</a></span> sampled their provisions, but did not ask the LORD about it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>They made a treaty with them, guaranteeing their lives with a covenant, and the leaders of the congregation confirmed it with an oath to them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But three days after they had made the treaty with them, they learned that they were their neighbors and were living in their midst. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So the Israelis set out for their cities and three days later they reached their cities of Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The Israelis did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had made an oath with them in the name of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:18 Lit. them by">e</a></span> the LORD, the God of Israel. Nevertheless, the entire congregation grumbled against their leaders.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then all of the leaders spoke to the entire congregation, “We have sworn to them in the name of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:19 Lit. them by">f</a></span> the LORD, the God of Israel, and we cannot touch them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So this is what we’ll do to them: we’ll let them live, so that wrath won’t come upon us because of the oath that we swore to them.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The leaders told them, “Let them live.” So they became wood cutters and water carriers for the entire congregation, which is what the leaders had decided concerning them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Joshua summoned the Gibeonites<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:22 Lit. summoned them">g</a></span> and asked them, “Why did you deceive us by saying ‘We live far away from you,’ even though you were, in fact, living in our midst? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Now therefore you are under a curse. Some of you will always be slaves, wood cutters, and water carriers for the house of my God.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>They replied to Joshua, “Because your servants had been informed that the LORD your God had certainly commanded his servant Moses to give you the entire land and to destroy all of the inhabitants of the land before you. So we were terrified for our lives because of you. That’s why we did this. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Now we’re under your control: do to us as it seems good and right in your opinion.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>So this is what Joshua<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:26 Lit. he">h</a></span> did for them: he saved them from the Israelis, and they did not kill them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>However, on that very day Joshua made them become wood cutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the LORD’s altar in the place that he should choose, and this tradition continues<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:27 The Heb. lacks and this tradition continues">i</a></span> to this day.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 9:7 The Heb. lacks <i>If this is so</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 9:9 Lit. <i>name</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 9:12 Lit. <i>Here is</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 9:14 The Heb. lacks <i>of Israel</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 9:18 Lit. <i>them by</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 9:19 Lit. <i>them by</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 9:22 Lit. <i>summoned them</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 9:26 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 9:27 The Heb. lacks <i>and this tradition continues</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../joshua/8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Joshua 8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Joshua 8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../joshua/10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Joshua 10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Joshua 10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/joshua/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>