Joshua 9:22

New English Translation

Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said to them, “Why did you trick us by saying, ‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby?

Cross References

Genesis 29:25

In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, “What in the world have you done to me! Didn’t I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked me?”

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

Joshua 9:16

Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby.

Joshua 9:3

When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,

Joshua 9:6

They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.”