Joshua 9:4

New American Bible - revised edition

formed their own scheme. They chose provisions for a journey, making use of old sacks for their donkeys, and old wineskins, torn and mended.

Cross References

Genesis 34:13

Jacob’s sons replied to Shechem and his father Hamor with guile, speaking as they did because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

Psalm 119:83

I am like a wineskin shriveled by smoke, but I have not forgotten your statutes.

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.

Matthew 9:17

People do not put new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.” The Official’s Daughter and the Woman with a Hemorrhage.

Mark 2:22

Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are ruined. Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins.” The Disciples and the Sabbath.

Luke 16:8

And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently. Application of the Parable. “For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.

Joshua 9:12

This bread of ours was still warm when we brought it from home as provisions the day we left to come to you, but now it is dry and crumbly.

Joshua 9:13

Here are our wineskins, which were new when we filled them, but now they are torn. Look at our garments and sandals; they are worn out from the very long journey.”

Joshua 9:3

On hearing what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, the inhabitants of Gibeon

Joshua 9:5

They wore old, patched sandals and shabby garments; and all the bread they took was dry and crumbly.