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Joshua 9:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
Joshua 9:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 They gathered themselves together, to fight against Joshua, and against Israel with one [a]accord.
3 ¶ (A)But the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho, and to Ai.
4 And therefore they wrought craftily: for they went, and feigned themselves ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and old bottles for wine, both rent and [b]bound up,
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- Joshua 9:2 Hebrew, one mouth.
- Joshua 9:4 Because they were all worn.
Joshua 9:2-4
New International Version
Joshua 9:2-4
New International Version
2 they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.
3 However, when the people of Gibeon(A) heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,(B) 4 they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded[a] with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.
Footnotes
- Joshua 9:4 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) They prepared provisions and loaded their donkeys
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