1Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—stylusNumbers 34:6, Numbers 34:6, Exodus 3:17, Exodus 3:17, Exodus 23:232they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.stylusPsalms 2:1, Psalms 2:2, Acts 4:26, Acts 4:28, Psalms 83:23But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,stylusJoshua 10:2, Joshua 10:2, Joshua 9:17, Joshua 9:17, 2 Samuel 21:14acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.stylusMark 2:22, Luke 16:8, Matthew 10:16, Luke 5:37, Luke 5:385They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.stylusLuke 15:22, Luke 15:22, Deuteronomy 29:5, Joshua 9:13, Deuteronomy 33:256They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”stylusJoshua 5:10, Joshua 5:10, 2 Kings 20:14, 2 Kings 20:14, Deuteronomy 20:117But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”stylusJoshua 11:19, Joshua 11:19, Judges 2:2, Judges 2:2, Deuteronomy 7:28“We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”stylus2 Kings 10:5, Deuteronomy 20:11, 2 Kings 10:5, Deuteronomy 20:11, Joshua 9:119“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,stylusJoshua 9:24, Deuteronomy 20:15, Joshua 9:24, Deuteronomy 20:15, Joshua 2:910and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.stylusDeuteronomy 2:30, Deuteronomy 3:7, Numbers 21:24, Numbers 21:35, Joshua 12:411So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’stylusJoshua 9:8, Esther 8:17, Joshua 9:8, Esther 8:17, Luke 9:312This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But take a look, it is now dry and moldy.stylusJoshua 9:4, Joshua 9:5, Joshua 9:4, Joshua 9:513These wineskins were new when we filled them, but look, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”stylus14Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions, but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.stylusProverbs 3:5, Proverbs 3:6, Proverbs 3:5, Proverbs 3:6, Numbers 27:2115And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.stylus2 Samuel 21:2, 2 Samuel 21:2, Deuteronomy 20:10, Deuteronomy 20:11, Joshua 11:1916Three days after they had made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites learned that they were neighbors, living among them.stylusProverbs 12:19, Proverbs 12:1917So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.stylusJoshua 18:25, Joshua 18:28, Ezra 2:25, Joshua 18:25, Joshua 18:2818But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.stylusPsalms 15:4, Psalms 15:4, Ecclesiastes 5:2, Ecclesiastes 9:2, Ecclesiastes 5:619All the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.stylusEcclesiastes 8:2, Ecclesiastes 8:2, Jeremiah 4:2, Ecclesiastes 9:2, Joshua 9:2020This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”stylusProverbs 20:25, Malachi 3:5, Proverbs 20:25, Malachi 3:5, 2 Chronicles 36:1321They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.stylusDeuteronomy 29:11, Deuteronomy 29:11, Joshua 9:27, Joshua 9:23, Joshua 9:2722Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?stylusJoshua 9:6, Joshua 9:6, Joshua 9:16, Joshua 9:16, Genesis 27:3523Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”stylusJoshua 9:21, Joshua 9:21, Leviticus 27:28, Leviticus 27:29, Genesis 9:2524The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.stylusDeuteronomy 20:15, Deuteronomy 20:17, Deuteronomy 7:1, Deuteronomy 7:2, Deuteronomy 20:1525Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”stylusGenesis 16:6, Genesis 16:6, Jeremiah 26:14, Judges 10:15, Jeremiah 26:1426So Joshua did this and delivered them from the hands of the Israelites, and they did not kill the Gibeonites.stylus27On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.stylusDeuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:5