Render “they shall be hewers of wood and drawers of water:” menial duties belonging to the lowest classes only (compare the marginal reference). The curse of Noah Genesis 9:25 on the children of Ham was thus fulfilled to the letter in the case of these Hivites.
Verse Joshua 9:21. _HEWERS OF WOOD AND DRAWERS OF WATER_] Perhaps this is a sort of proverbial expression, signifying the lowest state of servitude, though it may also be understood literally. See bel...
9. THE GIBEONITES CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The confederacy of the enemies (Joshua 9:1)_ 2. The deception of the Gibeonites (Joshua 9:3) 3. The failure (Joshua 9:14) 4. The deception discovered ...
JOSHUA 9. THE STRATAGEM OF THE GIBEONITES. This account, though composite, is straightforward enough if Joshua 9:17 be omitted. These verses _give_ an account by the priestly writer in which the princ...
BE. become. PROMISED. Compare Joshua 9:15....
_hewers of wood and drawers of water_ "trees thei kutten and watris thei beren," Wyclif. They were devoted to the sanctuary, called at a later period _Nethinims = Deo dati, donati_, and were bound to...
The Embassy of the Gibeonites 3. _of Gibeon_ This city was the head of the four towns occupied by the Hivites, the other three being Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim (Joshua 9:17). It appears to...
_The Servitude of the Gibeonites Joshua 9:16-27_ 16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they d...
_AND THE PRINCES SAID UNTO THEM, LET THEM LIVE; BUT LET THEM BE HEWERS OF WOOD AND DRAWERS OF WATER UNTO ALL THE CONGREGATION; AS THE PRINCES HAD PROMISED THEM._ Hewers of wood and drawers of water ...
THE LEAGUE WITH THE GIBEONITES Joshua 9 forms an introduction to the narrative of the Southern campaign (Joshua 10). The Gibeonite cities were important enough both politically and geographically (see...
HEWERS OF WOOD, etc.] This is the description of the normal function of resident aliens in Deuteronomy 29:11. From Joshua 9:23; Joshua 9:27 we find that their tasks were mainly, though not entirely, c...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 9 THE *ISRAELITES BECOME FRIENDS WITH THEIR...
וַ יֹּאמְר֧וּ אֲלֵיהֶ֛ם הַ נְּשִׂיאִ֖ים יִֽחְי֑וּ...
CHAPTER XVIII. THE STRATAGEM OF THE GIBEONITES. Joshua 9:1. WE now resume the thread of the story interrupted by the narrative of the transaction at Ebal and Gerizim. We learn from the testimony of...
“HEWERS OF WOOD AND DRAWERS OF WATER” Joshua 9:16 The faith of these people was so far rewarded that, while their deception was punished by their reduction to the most menial tasks, yet their lives w...
The fame and the dread of the people by this time were spreading far and wide. The kings of Canaan, conscious of their danger, formed a league against the oncoming hosts. However, before they had time...
TROUBLE WITH THE GIBEONITES Joshua 9:1-27; Joshua 10:1-43; Joshua 11:1-23 God had instructed Israel to destroy the Canaanites when they came into the land ...
Multitude. The common people, only considering their own private advantage, murmured at the conduct of their leaders, as they supposed that they were thus deprived of the plunder (Calmet) of many citi...
Observe, how the Lord overruled the minds of his people, in behalf of Gibeon. See this doctrine illustrated more fully: Genesis 20:3....
In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power. Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...
But, if such a position as this proclaims the rights of God and manifests the confidence of the people, it soon leads to conflict. The enemy will not consent to the invasion and the taking possession...
AND THE PRINCES SAID TO THEM, LET THEM LIVE,.... They were very pressing upon them, and importunate with them, to save their lives, because of the oath they had taken: (BUT LET THEM BE HEWERS OF WOOD...
_And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them._ Ver. 21. _But let them be hewers of w...
_Unto all the congregation_ That is, let them be public servants, and employed in the meanest offices (one kind being put for all the rest) for the use of the congregation; doing these things partly f...
1 The kings combine against Israel. 3 The Gibeonites by craft obtaine a League. 16 For which they are condemned to perpetual bondage. 1 AND it came to passe when all the kings which were on this si...
And the princes said unto them, Let them live, but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them. So their lives were spared, but they wer...
The Deception Discovered and Punished....
DECEIVED BY THE GIBEONITES (vs.1-27) The calm deliberation with which the Lord was acting gave time for the forces of the enemy to be marshaled against Israel. Six nations, the Hittites, Amorites, Ca...
14-21 The Israelites, having examined the provisions of the Gibeonites, hastily concluded that they confirmed their account. We make more haste than good speed, when we stay not to take God with us,...
i.e. Let them be public servants, and employed in the meanest offices and drudgeries, (such as this was, this one kind being put for all the rest, as it is DEUTERONOMY 29:11) for the use and benefit o...
Joshua 9:21 rulers H5387 said H559 (H8799) live H2421 (H8799) woodcutters H6086 H2404 (H8802) water...
‘ And the princes said to them, “Let them live, so they become hewers of wood, and drawers of water to all the congregation”, as the princes had spoken to them.' Now the explanation was given of what...
CONTENTS: The league with the Gibeonites. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, ambassadors of the Gibeonites. CONCLUSION: We make more haste than good progress in any business when we do not stop to take God al...
Joshua 9:1. _All the kings to fight with Joshua._ They realized the ancient proverb, _Quem Deus vult perdere, primum dementat._ He whom God destroys is first mad. Joshua 9:4. _Wine bottles, old and re...
_The inhabitants of Gibeon _. .. _ did work wilily._ A CANAANITISH STRATAGEM I. How this device originated. 1. Their wisdom suggested it. The selfsame facts suggest different courses of action to th...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 9:1 Having failed to consult the Lord, Israel is tricked into making a peace covenant with the Gibeonites. The Gibeonites claimed to be from a “distant country” (v. Joshua 9:6) b...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 9:17. On the third day] That is the same as “at the end of three days” in Joshua 9:16. “The armed men would move from Gilgal to Gibeon (about twelve miles) in the same day on w...
EXPOSITION THE GIBEONITES.— JOSHUA 9:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN ALL THE KINGS. According to the explanation given above (Joshua 6:5, Joshua 6:15) of the
This time shall we turn to the book of Joshua, chapter nine as we begin our study this evening. Now the children of Israel had conquered Jericho and Ai, which were strong cities. The kings that were i...
2 Chronicles 2:17; 2 Chronicles 2:18; Deuteronomy 29:11; Joshua 9:15;...
Unto all the congregation — That is, Let them be public servants, and employed in the meanest offices, (one kind being put for all the rest) for the use of the congregation; to do this partly for the...