The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “What if you live among us? How could we make a covenant with you?”
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The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “What if you live among us? How could we make a covenant with you?”
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And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
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And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites: 'Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?'
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Passages linked to Joshua 9:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 11:19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all in battle.
- Judges 2:2 You shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land. You shall break down their altars.’ But you have not listened to my voice. Why have you done this?
- Genesis 10:17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
- Genesis 34:2 Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
- Exodus 3:8 I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
- Exodus 23:31-33 I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
- Exodus 34:12 Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare among you;
- Numbers 33:52 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their stone idols, destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places.
- Deuteronomy 7:2-3 and when Yahweh your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them. You shall not make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son.
- Deuteronomy 20:16 But of the cities of these peoples that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;
- Joshua 9:1 When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain For the Gibeonites and the Hivites were all one…
For the Gibeonites and the Hivites were all one people.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 9:7 And the men of Israel said unto…
Jos 9:7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
Ver. 7. Peradventure ye dwell among us.] Certe qui caret ne decipiatur, vi cavet dum etiam caret.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The Hivites, i.e. the Gibeonites, who were Hivites, Jos…
The Hivites, i.e. the Gibeonites, who were Hivites, Jos 11:19.
Among us, i.e. in this land, and so are of that people with whom we are forbidden to make any league or covenant, Exo 23:32,33; Deu 7:2; 20:15,16.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites,....…
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites,.... Though they did not know them to be such, but as they afterwards appeared to be the Hivites, as the Gibeonites were, they are here so called, see Jos 11:19. The name signifies "serpents"; according to a Derash, or mystical exposition, mentioned by Kimchi, the Gibeonites are so called, because they did the work of the serpent; that is to say, they deceived the Israelites, as the serpent deceived Eve:
peradventure ye dwell among us; of which they had some suspicion:
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and how shall we make a league with you? which they were forbid to do with any of the seven nations, Deu 7:2.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The Hivites - That is, the Gibeonites who were…
The Hivites - That is, the Gibeonites who were Hivites, chap. xi, 19. Among us - That is, in this land, and so are of that people with whom we are forbidden to make any league or covenant.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 7. Peradventure ye dwell among us] It is…
Verse 7. Peradventure ye dwell among us] It is strange they should have had such a suspicion, as the Gibeonites had acted so artfully; and it is as strange that, having such a suspicion, they acted with so little caution.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jos 9:7-8. The men of Israel said to the…
Jos 9:7-8. The men of Israel said to the Hivites — That is, the Gibeonites, who were Hivites, Jos 11:19. Peradventure you dwell among us — That is, in this land, and so are of that people with whom we are forbidden to make any league or covenant. They said — We are thy servants — We desire a league with you upon your own terms; we are ready to accept of any conditions. Joshua said, From whence come ye? — For this free and general concession gave him cause to suspect that they were Canaanites.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Compare the marginal references.
Compare the marginal references.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain You. The Gabaonites addressed themselves to the first whom…
You. The Gabaonites addressed themselves to the first whom they met in the camp; and these made this remark to them before they were brought into the presence of Josue. The Israelites could make no league with the Chanaanites, as with equals, but only on condition that the latter should embrace the true religion, and acknowledge the dominion of the former. (Grotius) (Exodus xxiii. 32., and Deuteronomy vii. 2.)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure…
the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us--The answer of the Israelites implied that they had no discretion, that their orders were imperative, and that if the strangers belonged to any of the native tribes, the idea of an alliance with them was unlawful since God had forbidden it (Exo 23:32; Exo 34:12; Deu 7:2).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 7. Said unto the Hivites — The inhabitants of…
7. Said unto the Hivites — The inhabitants of Gibeon were Hivites. See Jos_11:19.
Peradventure ye dwell among us — The suspicions of the Hebrews are awakened, as they well might have been, Their Canaanitish speech must have betrayed them.
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How shall we make a league with you? — This question strongly implies the impossibility of such an act, because it had been expressly forbidden, (Exo_23:32; Exo_34:12; Deu_7:2,) on the ground of the ensnaring and corrupting influence of pagan allies.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. the Hivites] Comp. Jos_11:19; 2Sa_21:2.
7. the Hivites] Comp. Jos_11:19; 2Sa_21:2.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall…
(7) Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?—Literally, Peradventure thou art a dweller in the midst of me; and how shall I make a covenant with thee? The Israelites assume the ownership of Canaan as already theirs.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And the men of Israel said. The Keri here…
And the men of Israel said. The Keri here has the singular number instead of the Chethibh plural, in consequence of Israel speaking of itself collectively in the word yBirqiB and of the singular vyai. But this last with a plural verb, as a noun of multitude, occurs in the historical books in places too numerous to mention. See, for instance, 1Sa_14:22, just as in many passages, e.g., Exo_23:32 Exo_34:12 Deu_7:2, in reference to neighbouring nations, on account of the polluting influence their example had exercised, (Num_25:1-3) and was sure to exercise, as the subsequent history of the Israelites from Judges 2 onwards, proves.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 9:7-8 The name Hivites is known only from the…
9:7-8 The name Hivites is known only from the Bible and refers to a non-Semitic ethnic group that lived in various parts of Canaan (see Gen 34:2; 36:2; Exod 23:23, 28). • How do we know you don’t live nearby? Israel’s leaders raised the possibility of deception. Joshua followed the Gibeonites’ evasive reply by asking two direct questions. However, Joshua could have received a direct answer by consulting the Lord (Josh 9:14).
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