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    The Gibeonites deceived Israel into making a treaty with them by pretending to be from a far away land. They appeared worn down with old sacks, wineskins, sandals, and moldy bread to support their story. Joshua and the leaders of Israel failed to seek God's counsel and made a treaty without verifying the Gibeonites' claim. While the Gibeonites lied, they acknowledged the power and fame of Israel's God who had defeated the Amorite kings.

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    The Gibeonites deceived Israel into making a treaty with them by pretending to be from a far away land. They appeared worn down with old sacks, wineskins, sandals, and moldy bread to support their story. Joshua and the leaders of Israel failed to seek God's counsel and made a treaty without verifying the Gibeonites' claim. While the Gibeonites lied, they acknowledged the power and fame of Israel's God who had defeated the Amorite kings.

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    The Gibeonites deceived Israel into making a treaty with them by pretending to be from a far away land. They appeared worn down with old sacks, wineskins, sandals, and moldy bread to support their story. Joshua and the leaders of Israel failed to seek God's counsel and made a treaty without verifying the Gibeonites' claim. While the Gibeonites lied, they acknowledged the power and fame of Israel's God who had defeated the Amorite kings.

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    THE GIBEONITE DECEPTION

    A. Two different strategies of attack against Israel.

    1. (Jos 9:1-2) The southern kings gather together against Israel.


    And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side of the Jordan, in the
    hills and in the lowland and in all the coasts of the Great Sea toward Lebanon; the
    Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite;
    heard about it, that they gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one
    accord.
    a. When all the kings who were on this side of the Jordan … heard about
    it: When the Canaanite kings heard how the LORD delivered Jericho to Israel,
    they had reason to be afraid. When they heard how the LORD gave them
    victory over Ai, they had reason to be afraid.
    b. They gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one accord:
    This is a classic, frontal attack - they will try to defeat Israel on the field of
    battle, in head-to-head competition.
    2. (Jos 9:3-6) The Gibeonites approach Joshua and Israel in another way.
    But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
    they worked craftily, and went and pretended to be ambassadors. And they took old
    sacks on their donkeys, old wineskins torn and mended, old and patched sandals
    on their feet, and old garments on themselves; and all the bread of their provision
    was dry and moldy. 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 a
    covenant with us."
    a. They worked craftily, and went and pretended to be ambassadors: The
    Gibeonites will try to deceive Israel into making a peace treaty with them,
    though Israel was forbidden to make peace with any of the tribes of Canaan
    (Exodus 23:23-24).
    b. Notice the methods of deception used by the Gibeonites. They were clever
    (craftily), they misrepresented themselves (pretended), and they even gave
    false "evidence" of their deception (old sacks,old wineskins, old and
    patched sandals, dry and moldy bread).
    c. Beyond their deceptive appearance, the Gibeonites simply lied. They said,
    "We have come from a far country" when of course they had not. All their
    other devices simply lead to strengthen the deception offered.
    B. How Joshua and the leaders of Israel were deceived.

    1. (Jos 9:7-13) The Gibeonites explain their story to Joshua and the leaders of
    Israel.
    Then the men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you dwell among us; so how
    can we make a covenant with you?" But they said to Joshua, "We are your
    servants." And Joshua said to them, "Who are you, and where do you come from?"
    So they said to him: "From a very far country your servants have come, because of
    the name of the LORD your God; for we have heard of His fame, and all that He did
    in Egypt, and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the
    Jordan; to Sihon king of Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
    Therefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying,
    'Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them,
    "We are your servants; now therefore, make a covenant with us."' This bread of
    ours we took hot for our provision from our houses on the day we departed to come
    to you. But now look, it is dry and moldy. And these wineskins which we
    filled were new, and see, they are torn; and these our garments and our sandals
    have become old because of the very long journey."
    a. From a very far country your servants have come: Plainly, the Gibeonites
    lied to Israel. But despite their lies, they have a proper admiration and honor
    for the God of Israel. Because of the name of the LORD your God; for we
    have heard of His fame shows that it is because God fights for Israel, they
    know it would be useless to oppose the nation.

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