Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, ‘Take supplies in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them. Tell them, “We are your servants. Now make a covenant with us.” ’
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Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, ‘Take supplies in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them. Tell them, “We are your servants. Now make a covenant with us.” ’
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Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
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And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying: Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them: We are your servants; and now make ye a covenant with us.
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Passages linked to Joshua 9:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 9:8 They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” Joshua said to them, “Who are you? Where do you come from?”
- Esther 8:17 In every province, and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.
- Genesis 43:12 and take double money in your hand, and take back the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight.
- Joshua 1:11 “Pass through the middle of the camp, and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which Yahweh your God gives you to possess.’ ”
- Matthew 10:9-10 Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts. Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
- Luke 9:3 He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey—no staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money. Don’t have two coats each.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, in your hand.
Hebrew, in your hand.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 9:11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants…
Jos 9:11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We [are] your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
Ver. 11. And go to meet them, and say.] Seeing we are not able to match them, it is good policy to meet them with entreaties of peace. Let us do the like by Almighty God. {Amo 4:12} Mittamus preces et lachrymas cordis legatos, saith Cyprian; Currat paenitentia ne praecurrat sententia, saith Chrysologus.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our…
Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our country,
spake unto us,.... They suggest, that their senate, or the states of their country, their principal men were convened, and that it was the unanimous voice of them, and of the people, that they should go on this embassy:
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saying, take victuals with you for the journey; sufficient for so long a journey; for, in those times and countries, inns on the road were not frequent as now:
and go to meet them; to prevent their coming in an hostile manner unto them, and make peace, and enter into an alliance with them:
and say unto them, we are your servants; ready to come into any terms with them, just and reasonable:
therefore now make ye a league with us; that we may live in friendship, and mutually assist each other, as occasion should require.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. Wherefore our elders, c.] All this, and…
Verse 11. Wherefore our elders, c.] All this, and what follows to the end of verse 13, was false, contrived merely for the purpose of deceiving the Israelites, and this they did to save their own lives as they expected all the inhabitants of Canaan to be put to the sword.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 11. Our elders — The popular character of their…
11. Our elders — The popular character of their government, with a senate of elders at its head, appears quite distinctly in this verse.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Our elders. Gibeon and its allied cities did not…
Our elders. Gibeon and its allied cities did not possess a regal government (see note on ver. 3).
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 in your hand
in your hand
This phrase means "take with you." Here the word "hand" represents the possession by the Gibeonites of the provisions. (See: Synecdoche)
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meet them and say to them
The word "them" refers to the people of Israel.
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servant
bread
house
wine
sandal
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 9:11-13 Distracted by the flattering words about God and…
9:11-13 Distracted by the flattering words about God and the notion that a foreign people wanted to make a treaty with them, none of Israel’s leaders noticed that the Gibeonites had failed to answer Joshua’s questions. • If the Israelites spared their lives, the Gibeonites were willing to be Israel’s servants and swear to a treaty with Israel. This request should have raised suspicions among Israel’s leaders: Why would people from a distant land be concerned about a treaty of protection?
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