YuēShūyàjì 9:7

7 Yǐsèliè rén duì zhèxie Xīwèirén shuō , zhǐ pà nǐmen shì zhù zaì wǒmen zhōngjiān de . ruò shì zhèyàng , zĕn néng hé nǐmen lì yuē ne .

YuēShūyàjì 9:7 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 9:7

And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites
Though they did not know them to be such, but as they afterwards appeared to be the Hivites, as the Gibeonites were, they are here so called, see ( Joshua 11:19 ) . The name signifies "serpents"; according to a Derash, or mystical exposition, mentioned by Kimchi, the Gibeonites are so called, because they did the work of the serpent; that is to say, they deceived the Israelites, as the serpent deceived Eve:

peradventure ye dwell among us;
of which they had some suspicion;

and how shall we make a league with you?
which they were forbid to do with any of the seven nations, ( Deuteronomy 7:2 ) .

YuēShūyàjì 9:7 In-Context

5 Jiāng bǔ guō de jiù xié chuān zaì jiǎo shàng , bǎ jiù yīfu chuān zaì shēnshang . tāmen suǒ daì de bǐng dōu shì gàn de , zhǎng le méi le .

6 Tāmen dào Jíjiǎ yíng zhōng jiàn Yuēshūyà , duì tā hé Yǐsèliè rén shuō , wǒmen shì cóng yuǎnfāng lái de , xiànzaì qiú nǐ yǔ wǒmen lì yuē .

7 Yǐsèliè rén duì zhèxie Xīwèirén shuō , zhǐ pà nǐmen shì zhù zaì wǒmen zhōngjiān de . ruò shì zhèyàng , zĕn néng hé nǐmen lì yuē ne .

8 Tāmen duì Yuēshūyà shuō , wǒmen shì nǐde púrén . Yuēshūyà wèn tāmen shuō , nǐmen shì shénme rén . shì cóng nǎli lái de .

9 Tāmen huídá shuō , púrén cóng jí yuǎn zhī dì ér lái , shì yīn tīngjian Yēhéhuá nǐ shén de míngsheng hé tā zaì Āijí suǒ xíng de yīqiè shì ,