Josué 9:22

Listen to Josué 9:22
22 Ent茫o Josu茅 os chamou, e lhes disse: Por que nos enganastes, dizendo: Mui longe de v贸s habitamos, morando v贸s no meio de n贸s?

Josué 9:22 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 9:22

And Joshua called for them
The Gibeonites, who came as ambassadors for their people, who were detained at Gilgal until the children of Israel returned from Gibeon; and upon their return, and having made their report to Joshua that they found it to be true that they were near neighbours, Joshua ordered them to be brought before him:

and he spake unto them, saying, wherefore have ye beguiled us?
what is your reason and motive for so doing? what has induced you to act such a deceitful part, to tell such lies and falsehoods, and impose upon us after this manner?

saying, we [are] very far from you, when ye dwell among us:
pretending to come from a very far country, when they were inhabitants of the land Israel were come to possess.

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Josué 9:22 In-Context

20 Isso cumpriremos para com eles, poupando-lhes a vida, para que n茫o haja ira sobre n贸s, por causa do juramento que lhes fizemos.
21 Disseram, pois, os pr铆ncipes: Vivam. Assim se tornaram rachadores de lenha e tiradores de 谩gua para toda a congrega莽茫o, como os pr铆ncipes lhes disseram.
22 Ent茫o Josu茅 os chamou, e lhes disse: Por que nos enganastes, dizendo: Mui longe de v贸s habitamos, morando v贸s no meio de n贸s?
23 Agora, pois, sois malditos, e dentre v贸s nunca deixar谩 de haver servos, rachadores de lenha e tiradores de 谩gua para a casa do meu Deus.
24 Respondendo a Josu茅, disseram: Porquanto foi anunciado aos teus servos que o Senhor teu Deus ordenou a Mois茅s, seu servo, que vos desse toda esta terra, e destru铆sse todos os seus moradores diante de v贸s, tem铆amos muito pelas nossas vidas por causa de v贸s, e fizemos isso.
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