Joshua 9:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The men answered, “We are your servants. We have come from a faraway country. We came because we heard of the great power of the Lord your God. We heard about what he has done and about everything he did in Egypt.

Cross References

Joshua 9:24

The Gibeonites answered, “We lied to you because we were afraid you would kill us. We heard that God commanded his servant Moses to give you all this land. And God told you to kill all the people who lived in this land. That is why we lied to you.

Deuteronomy 20:15

That is what you must do to all the cities that are very far from you—the cities that are not in the land where you will live.

Isaiah 66:19

I will put a mark on some of the people. I will send some of these saved people to the nations of Tarshish, Libya, Lud (the land of archers), Tubal, Greece, and all the faraway lands. Those people have never heard my teachings. They have never seen my Glory. So the saved people will tell the nations about my glory.

Isaiah 55:5

There are nations in places you don’t know, but you will call for them to come. They don’t know you, but they will run to you. This will happen because the Lord, your God, wants it. It will happen because the Holy One of Israel honors you.

Psalm 148:13

Praise the Lord’s name! Honor his name forever! His name is greater than any other. He is more glorious than heaven and earth.

Psalm 83:18

Then they will know that your name is YAHWEH— that you alone are the Lord. They will know that you are God Most High, ruler over all the earth!

Psalm 72:19

Praise his glorious name forever! Let his glory fill the whole world. Amen and Amen!

Nehemiah 9:5

Then these Levites spoke again: Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah. They said, “Stand up and praise the Lord your God! God has always lived and will live forever. “People should praise your glorious name. May your name be lifted above all blessing and praise.

1 Kings 8:41

“People from other places will hear about your greatness and your power. They will come from far away to pray at this Temple.

Numbers 14:15

So you must not kill these people now. If you kill them, all the nations who have heard about your power will say,

Exodus 15:14

“The other nations will hear this story, and they will be frightened. The Philistines will shake with fear.

Exodus 9:16

But I have put you here for a reason. I have put you here so that I could show you my power. Then people all over the world will learn about me!

Acts 8:7

Many of these people had evil spirits inside them, but Philip made the evil spirits leave them. The spirits made a lot of noise as they came out. There were also many weak and crippled people there. Philip made these people well too.

Numbers 20:14

While Moses was at Kadesh, he sent some men with a message to the king of Edom. The message said, “This is what your brothers, the Israelites, say to you: You know about all the troubles we have had.

Joshua 9:10

And we heard that he defeated the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan River. This was King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan in the land of Ashtaroth.

Joshua 9:16

Three days later the Israelites learned that these men lived very near their camp.

Joshua 9:17

So the Israelites went to the place where they lived. On the third day the Israelites came to the cities of Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

Deuteronomy 20:11

If they accept your offer and open their gates, all the people in that city will become your slaves and be forced to work for you.

Psalm 78:12

While their ancestors watched, he showed his great power at Zoan in Egypt.