Joshua 9:13

13 And our cracked and mended wineskins, good as new when we filled them. And our clothes and sandals, in tatters from the long, hard traveling."

Joshua 9:13 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 9:13

And these bottles of wine, which we filled, [were] new
That is, on the day they came out on their journey:

and, behold, they be rent;
which were owing to the long use that had been made of them, as they pretended:

and these our garments, and our shoes, are become old by reason of the
very long journey:
quite worn out through length of time and tedious travels. Isidore of Pelusium ^F17 thinks these Gibeonites were Cappadocians, of whom he gives a shocking character, and particularly that they were prone to lying and deceit; but his reason for it, that they were of the Philistines, will not hold good.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 L. 1. Ep. 281.

Joshua 9:13 In-Context

11 Our leaders and everybody else in our country told us, 'Pack up some food for the road and go meet them. Tell them, We're your servants; make a covenant with us.'

12 "This bread was warm from the oven when we packed it and left to come and see you. Now look at it - crusts and crumbs.

13 And our cracked and mended wineskins, good as new when we filled them. And our clothes and sandals, in tatters from the long, hard traveling."

14 The men of Israel looked them over and accepted the evidence. But they didn't ask God about it.

15 So Joshua made peace with them and formalized it with a covenant to guarantee their lives. The leaders of the congregation swore to it.