Joshua 9:6

Overview - Joshua 9
The kings combine against Israel.
The Gibeonites by craft obtain a league.
22 They are condemned to perpetual bondage.
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Joshua 9:6  (King James Version)
And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
 


the camp
5:10 10:43

We be
9 ; Deuteronomy 20:11-15 ; 1 Kings 8:41 ; 2 Kings 20:14

make ye
{Kirthoo lanoo berith,} "cut or divide with us a covenant," or rather the covenant sacrifice offered on these occasions. (See Note on Deuteronomy 29:12 .)