Joshua 9:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So they decided that some of their men should pretend to be messengers to Israel from a faraway country. The men put worn out bags on their donkeys and found some old wineskins that had cracked and had been sewn back together.

Cross References

Genesis 34:13

Jacob's sons wanted to get even with Shechem and his father because of what had happened to their sister.

Psalm 119:83

My life is wasting away like a dried up wineskin, but I have not forgotten your teachings.

Matthew 10:16

I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves. So be as wise as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Matthew 9:17

No one pours new wine into old wineskins. The wine would swell and burst the old skins. Then the wine would be lost, and the skins would be ruined. New wine must be put into new wineskins. Both the skins and the wine will then be safe.

Mark 2:22

No one pours new wine into old wineskins. The wine would swell and burst the old skins. Then the wine would be lost, and the skins would be ruined. New wine must be put into new wineskins.

Luke 16:8

The master praised his dishonest manager for looking out for himself so well. That's how it is! The people of this world look out for themselves better than the people who belong to the light.

Joshua 9:12

See this dry, crumbly bread of ours? It was hot out of the oven when we packed the food on the day we left our homes.

Joshua 9:13

These cracked wineskins were new when we filled them, and our clothes and sandals are worn out because we have travelled so far.

Joshua 9:3

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

Joshua 9:5

Their sandals were old and patched, and their clothes were worn out. They even took along some dry and crumbly bread.