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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 9:23

Now therefore ye are cursed ,.... Appear to be the posterity of cursed Canaan, and, notwithstanding the artifice used, should not be exempted from the curse denounced on Canaan: "a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren", Genesis 9:25 ; as these Gibeonites were; they became the servants of the Levites, who were servants to the priests; and they seemed to be spared in Providence, that that part of the curse on Canaan might be fulfilled: "and Canaan shall be his servant"; the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 9:24

And they answered Joshua, and said, because it was certainly told thy servants ,.... Or "it was told", told F20 הגד הגד "indicando indicatum est", Pagninus, Montanus. ; not only certainly, told, but frequently told them, they had often heard of it by one means or another: how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land ; all the land of Canaan, no part excepted; they had heard much of the Lord God of Israel, and of Moses, what character he bore,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 9:25

And now, behold, we are in thine hand ,.... In thy power, and at thy disposal, and are ready to submit to whatsoever may be enjoined us: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do ; do what is consistent with the laws of kindness, and with the rules of justice, and particularly with the league made, and oath taken; all which they left with him to consider of, and to do as in his wisdom and goodness he should see fit. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 9:26

And so did he unto them ,.... What was good and right, he showed them favour, and did them justice: and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not ; who were so incensed against them for imposing on them in the manner they did, that they were ready many of them to draw their swords and slay them; and would have done it, had it not been for the interposition of Joshua, and the orders he gave to the contrary. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 9:27

And Joshua made them that day ,.... Constituted and appointed them, ordered and settled them, in the post and office after mentioned; or "gave" them F21 ויתנם "deditque eos", Montanus. Vatablus, Drusius. ; hence some think they had the name Nethinim, persons given to the Levites for the service of the sanctuary: namely, to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord ; some think they were employed both for the service of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 9:15

Joshua made peace with them - Joshua agreed to receive them into a friendly connection with the Israelites, and to respect their lives and properties; and the elders of Israel bound themselves to the observance of it, and confirmed it with an oath. As the same words are used here as in Joshua 9:6 , we may suppose that the covenant was made in the ordinary way, a sacrifice being offered on the occasion, and its blood poured out before the Lord. See on Genesis 15:10 ; (note), etc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 9:16

At the end of three days - Gibeon is reputed to be only about eight leagues distant from Gilgal, and on this account the fraud might be easily discovered in the time mentioned above. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 9:17

The children of Israel - came unto their cities - Probably when the fraud was discovered, Joshua sent out a detachment to examine their country, and to see what use could be made of it in the prosecution of their war with the Canaanites. Some of the cities mentioned here were afterwards in great repute among the Israelites: and God chose to make one of them, Kirjath-jearim, the residence of the ark of the covenant for twenty years, in the reigns of Saul and David. There is no... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 9:18

All the congregation murmured - Merely because they were deprived of the spoils of the Gibeonites. They had now got under the full influence of a predatory spirit; God saw their proneness to this, and therefore, at particular times, totally interdicted the spoils of conquered cities, as in the case of Jericho. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 9:19

We have sworn unto them - Although the Israelites were deceived in this business, and the covenant was made on a certain supposition which was afterwards proved to have had no foundation in truth, and consequently the whole engagement on the part of the deceived was hereby vitiated and rendered null and void; yet, because the elders had eaten with them, offered a covenant sacrifice, and sworn by Jehovah, they did not consider themselves at liberty to break the terms of the agreement,... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 9:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 9:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 9:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 9:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 9:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 9:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 9:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 9:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 9:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 9:19

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