Joshua 9:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Joshua told some of his soldiers, “I want to meet with the Gibeonite leaders. Bring them here.” When the Gibeonites came, Joshua said, “You live close to us. Why did you lie by claiming you lived far away?

Cross References

Genesis 29:25

The next morning Jacob found out that he had married Leah, and he asked Laban, “Why did you do this to me? Didn't I work to get Rachel? Why did you trick me?”

2 Corinthians 11:3

But now I fear that you will be tricked, just as Eve was tricked by that lying snake. I am afraid that you might stop thinking about Christ in an honest and sincere way.

Joshua 9:16

A couple of days later, the Israelites found out that these people actually lived in the nearby towns of Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-Jearim. So the Israelites left the place where they had camped and arrived at the four towns two days later.

Joshua 9:3

The people of Gibeon had also heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai.

Joshua 9:6

Then they went to the Israelite camp at Gilgal, where they said to Joshua and the men of Israel, “We have come from a country that is far from here. Please make a peace treaty with us.”