Joshua 9:1
THE CANAANITE, THE PERIZZITE. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "and the Canaanite and the Perizzite".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CANAANITE, THE PERIZZITE. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "and the Canaanite and the Perizzite".... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCORD. Hebrew "mouth" put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is said by it: i.e. one consent.... [ Continue Reading ]
INHABITANTS. The Gibeonires were Hivites (Joshua 9:7), condemned to extermination as mixed with the descendants of the _Nephilim_ (App-26). Exodus 23:32; Exodus 34:12.Numbers 33:51; Deuteronomy 7:1; Deuteronomy 7:2; Deuteronomy 20:16. They were aware of this. Hence their mission; by which they expos... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY They too. MADE AS IF THEY HAD BEEN AMBASSADORS. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "furnished themselves with provisions", as in Joshua 9:11 and Joshua 9:12. BOTTLES. skins i.e. wine-skins.... [ Continue Reading ]
CLOUTED. patched (Anglo-Saxon, clut.) MOULDY. become crumbly.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Heb, _'ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. GOD. Hebrew Elobim. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH YOU, Hebrew in your hand,... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos. Revelation 6; Revelation 6_,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MEN. Hebrew, plural of _ish_ or _'enosh._ App-14 TOOK OF THEIR VICTUALS. Probably tasted, or partook of their food; or, ate with them--a token of friendship. ASKED NOT: i.e. by "Urim and Thummim". Compare Exodus 28:30, note. MOUTH. Put by Figure of speech _Melonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE. LEAGUE. solemnised. covenant.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE. become. PROMISED. Compare Joshua 9:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMANDED. Compare Deuteronomy 7:1. OUR LIVES. our souls. Hebrew. _Nephesh_. See App-13. LORD. There is an _Homoeoteleuton_ (App-6) here, preserved in the Septuagint;. scribe going back to the former of the two words "Lord"; and reading. the altar of Jehovah [and the inhabitants of Gibeon became h... [ Continue Reading ]