Joshua 9:14
What meaning of the joshua 9:14 in the Bible?
What does Joshua 9:14 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the menc took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD."
What does Joshua 9:14 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the menc took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD."
Verse Joshua 9:14. _THE MEN TOOK OF THEIR VICTUALS_] This was done in all probability in the way of _friendship_; for, from time immemorial to the present day, _eating together_, in the Asiatic countr...
The elders of Israel Joshua 9:18, tasting what was offered them by the Gibeonites, pledged themselves according to the usage of Eastern nations to peace and friendship with them. They credited the sto...
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 9:16...
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...
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...
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...
_VER._ 14. _AND THE MEN TOOK OF THEIR VICTUALS_— It has been asked in what light they thus took of it? and some pretend it was to taste with them in token of friendship, peace, and alliance, according...
_Deceit of the Gibeonites Joshua 9:3-15_ 3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassado...
_AND THE MEN TOOK OF THEIR VICTUALS, AND ASKED NOT COUNSEL AT THE MOUTH OF THE LORD._ The men took of their victuals. The mouldy appearance of their bread was, after examination, accepted as guarante...
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 (se...
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...
AND THE MEN TOOK OF THEIR VICTUALS. — _And they accepted the men from_ (the appearance of) _their provisions._ This, which is the view taken in our marginal reading, seems to be the more probable inte...
וַ יִּקְח֥וּ הָֽ אֲנָשִׁ֖ים מִ צֵּידָ֑ם וְ אֶת ־פִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֥א שָׁאָֽלוּ׃...
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...
DECEIVED BY THE GIBEONITES Joshua 9:1 The presence of common peril forced the nations of Canaan to combine for self-preservation. Would that the various sections of the visible Church might see thei...
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 tim...
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 (Deuteronomy 7:1-6; Deuteronomy 20:16-17). T...
And the (g) men took of their victuals, and asked not [counsel] at the mouth of the LORD. (g) Some think that the Israelites are of their victuals, and so made a league with them....
_Victuals, to examine whether they were as old as they pretended; or they eat of them in sign of friendship. (Menochius) --- Thus we find a feast generally accompanied the making of a league, Genesis...
The, deceit which the Gibeonites made use of, blinded the eyes of Israel. And it is astonishing it should, so: for in the close of the defeat of Ai, Joshua caused Israel to hear the command of God, th...
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...
14._And the men took of their victuals, etc. _Some commentators here have recourse to the insipid fictions that they ate the bread, to ascertain from the taste whether it were stale from age, or that...
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 MEN TOOK OF THEIR VICTUALS,.... That is, the princes of Israel took thereof; not to eat of them, for it cannot be thought that such personages would eat of such dry and mouldy bread, and espec...
And the men took of their victuals, and asked not [counsel] at the mouth of the LORD. Ver. 14. _And the men took of their victuals._] That is, they did eat of it in token of a league made with them,...
_The men_ That is, the princes. _Their victuals_ That they might examine the truth of what they said. _Asked not at the mouth of the Lord_ As they ought to have done upon all such weighty occasions. S...
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...
THE GIBEONITES DECEIVE JOSHUA AND THE PRINCES...
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, C...
THE MEN TOOK OF THEIR VICTUALS: Or, they received the men by reason of their victuals...
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,...
THE MEN, i.e. the princes, as before, JOSHUA 9:6. TOOK OF THEIR VICTUALS; not from their want or any desire they could have to such unpleasant and unwholesome food; nor in a ceremony usual in making l...
Joshua 9:14 men H582 took H3947 (H8799) provisions H6718 ask H7592 (H8804) counsel H6310 LORD H3068 asked not - Exodus 28:30; Numbers 27:21; Judges 1:1, Judges 20:18, Judges 20:28;...
‘And the men took of their provisions and did not ask counsel of YHWH.' O how foolish we are when we do not consult God. Convinced by the false evidence the food was accepted by the elders of Israel,...
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 r...
_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 9:8. We are thy servants] This was not a declaration of fealty, but is rather to be read as an expression of courtesy (Genesis 32:4; Genesis 1:18), very adroitly introduced to...
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 particle כwith the infinitive, this must mea...
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...
1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Chronicles 10:14; 1 Samuel 14:18; 1 Samuel 14:19; 1 Samuel 22:10; 1 Samuel 23:9; 1 Samuel 30:7; 1 Samuel 30:8; 2 Samuel 2:1;...
The men — That is, the princes. Their victuals — That they might examine the truth of what they said. The mouth of the Lord — As they ought to have done upon all such weighty occasions. So they are ac...